<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549229372425566739</id><updated>2012-02-16T22:00:36.361-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Retirement and tasking back my life</title><subtitle type='html'>Astronomy and telescope making and Art is a way of life for me</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Joseph Romero</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jAvNN_GjnGI/TMNh6WxzBKI/AAAAAAAAADI/b4v5WMt2Ukk/S220/Yogie+Joseph,,,,.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549229372425566739.post-483938136167560521</id><published>2011-06-17T12:19:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T12:19:54.633-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tralingua West Texas Sky</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OTzNOxBTzBw/TfuMi9H7JiI/AAAAAAAAAEc/SIzMjDJYCn0/s1600/Trelingua_sunset_____by_Terlingue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OTzNOxBTzBw/TfuMi9H7JiI/AAAAAAAAAEc/SIzMjDJYCn0/s320/Trelingua_sunset_____by_Terlingue.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;under the Desert  West Texas sky`s&lt;br /&gt;the  Milky way across the sky&lt;br /&gt;My sweet prayer like honey in my heart&lt;br /&gt;star Light beaming down to my soul body and heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God touch my soul it hurts inside&lt;br /&gt;as I watch the night sky and heavens&lt;br /&gt;through my telescope&lt;br /&gt;The moment of true peace I feel in me&lt;br /&gt;my friend where there in this very holy night&lt;br /&gt;The fierce power of observing the stars&lt;br /&gt;melt my heart and soul and remind me of who I am&lt;br /&gt;I remember when I was the child under that same night time sky&lt;br /&gt;My body heart and soul screaming&lt;br /&gt;in my heart the war of past within&lt;br /&gt;the pain for a moment fly`s away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The adoration of creation&lt;br /&gt;of the night time sky`s&lt;br /&gt;infinite wisdom of the master&lt;br /&gt;The sacrifice is the observing and homage of God great Creation&lt;br /&gt;as I observer the universe with my telescope&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I become small and deflated&lt;br /&gt;and become were of myself&lt;br /&gt;My  angel is near&lt;br /&gt;helping me to stand upright&lt;br /&gt;to be strong and never give up&lt;br /&gt;I believe again and as old as I am&lt;br /&gt;I am still that 19 year young man within&lt;br /&gt;The light flicking inside my heart&lt;br /&gt;O God can you see that light as I observer the flickering star light&lt;br /&gt;both ways , one of prayer and the other of grace&lt;br /&gt;Grace me with star light&lt;br /&gt;knowing  that some day the endless void awaits&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the desert Texas sky`s&lt;br /&gt;I observer the heavens&lt;br /&gt;I will never stumble under your light&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as I observer through my telescope under the West Texas sky`s&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8549229372425566739-483938136167560521?l=josephromero.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/feeds/483938136167560521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/06/tralingua-west-texas-sky.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/483938136167560521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/483938136167560521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/06/tralingua-west-texas-sky.html' title='Tralingua West Texas Sky'/><author><name>Joseph Romero</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jAvNN_GjnGI/TMNh6WxzBKI/AAAAAAAAADI/b4v5WMt2Ukk/S220/Yogie+Joseph,,,,.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OTzNOxBTzBw/TfuMi9H7JiI/AAAAAAAAAEc/SIzMjDJYCn0/s72-c/Trelingua_sunset_____by_Terlingue.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549229372425566739.post-5458092863113611584</id><published>2011-06-03T08:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-06-03T08:07:49.937-05:00</updated><title type='text'>West Texas Desert</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; getting everything ready for the West Texas star party and looking forward to some of those great dry clean sky and test out my new 8-inch telescope using an F/8 or old school type telescope &lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xw-hLlAZyM/TejcoNsGbWI/AAAAAAAAAEM/IS1kB4_q9_0/s1600/100_3756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="214" width="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xw-hLlAZyM/TejcoNsGbWI/AAAAAAAAAEM/IS1kB4_q9_0/s320/100_3756.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8549229372425566739-5458092863113611584?l=josephromero.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/feeds/5458092863113611584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/06/west-texas-desert.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/5458092863113611584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/5458092863113611584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/06/west-texas-desert.html' title='West Texas Desert'/><author><name>Joseph Romero</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jAvNN_GjnGI/TMNh6WxzBKI/AAAAAAAAADI/b4v5WMt2Ukk/S220/Yogie+Joseph,,,,.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xw-hLlAZyM/TejcoNsGbWI/AAAAAAAAAEM/IS1kB4_q9_0/s72-c/100_3756.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549229372425566739.post-748259190410199678</id><published>2011-05-03T09:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T09:07:00.044-05:00</updated><title type='text'>more photos of fire in West Texas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ibPM39l_Bc4/TcAL_nwt0vI/AAAAAAAAAEE/zxhH4Gnms5Y/s1600/So+much+damge+by+fire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="208" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ibPM39l_Bc4/TcAL_nwt0vI/AAAAAAAAAEE/zxhH4Gnms5Y/s320/So+much+damge+by+fire.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8549229372425566739-748259190410199678?l=josephromero.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/feeds/748259190410199678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-photos-of-fire-in-west-texas.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/748259190410199678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/748259190410199678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-photos-of-fire-in-west-texas.html' title='more photos of fire in West Texas'/><author><name>Joseph Romero</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jAvNN_GjnGI/TMNh6WxzBKI/AAAAAAAAADI/b4v5WMt2Ukk/S220/Yogie+Joseph,,,,.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ibPM39l_Bc4/TcAL_nwt0vI/AAAAAAAAAEE/zxhH4Gnms5Y/s72-c/So+much+damge+by+fire.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549229372425566739.post-7705114946024348274</id><published>2011-05-03T09:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T09:05:15.585-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The fires of West texas was really bad</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GTPH96F9D-M/TcALkEHWq0I/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZMYLdGUNMJM/s1600/fire+near+observatory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GTPH96F9D-M/TcALkEHWq0I/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZMYLdGUNMJM/s320/fire+near+observatory.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;as one can see the fire got near the Mcdonald Observatory. it was bad :(&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8549229372425566739-7705114946024348274?l=josephromero.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/feeds/7705114946024348274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/05/fires-of-west-texas-was-really-bad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/7705114946024348274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/7705114946024348274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/05/fires-of-west-texas-was-really-bad.html' title='The fires of West texas was really bad'/><author><name>Joseph Romero</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jAvNN_GjnGI/TMNh6WxzBKI/AAAAAAAAADI/b4v5WMt2Ukk/S220/Yogie+Joseph,,,,.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GTPH96F9D-M/TcALkEHWq0I/AAAAAAAAAEA/ZMYLdGUNMJM/s72-c/fire+near+observatory.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549229372425566739.post-6921150306832604912</id><published>2011-04-27T12:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T12:56:37.763-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Frann Brothers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8jzWxlAomjU/TbhYi2nF3FI/AAAAAAAAAD8/lIpWYXEuFrc/s1600/Franns+home++project.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8jzWxlAomjU/TbhYi2nF3FI/AAAAAAAAAD8/lIpWYXEuFrc/s320/Franns+home++project.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;The is Frann Brothers working on here house in West Texas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8549229372425566739-6921150306832604912?l=josephromero.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/feeds/6921150306832604912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/04/frann-brothers.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/6921150306832604912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/6921150306832604912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/04/frann-brothers.html' title='Frann Brothers'/><author><name>Joseph Romero</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jAvNN_GjnGI/TMNh6WxzBKI/AAAAAAAAADI/b4v5WMt2Ukk/S220/Yogie+Joseph,,,,.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8jzWxlAomjU/TbhYi2nF3FI/AAAAAAAAAD8/lIpWYXEuFrc/s72-c/Franns+home++project.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549229372425566739.post-951063419988589231</id><published>2011-04-27T08:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T08:53:33.629-05:00</updated><title type='text'>back from west texas</title><content type='html'>fixing broken pipe as so many folks did after the big freeze a few months back. things are up and running it was great to meet new folks that have move to the ranch . The fire were terrible but also at the same time it part of nature and the cycle of the desert . Allot of the growth in the desert area of Tralingua coming down on Hwy 118 is being cleared out near Elephant mountain for the next 25 miles south is man made influenced during the cattle ranch in the late and early 1900`s if any grow other then the native cactus and the grass the grow in the area. the desert then and now are so different. :D &amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8549229372425566739-951063419988589231?l=josephromero.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/feeds/951063419988589231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/04/back-from-west-texas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/951063419988589231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/951063419988589231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2011/04/back-from-west-texas.html' title='back from west texas'/><author><name>Joseph Romero</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jAvNN_GjnGI/TMNh6WxzBKI/AAAAAAAAADI/b4v5WMt2Ukk/S220/Yogie+Joseph,,,,.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549229372425566739.post-5790883690970880273</id><published>2010-10-23T17:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-10-23T17:41:19.736-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Life a new and freedom</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Looking forward to retirement and taking stock in life and look forward to express myself and who i am and what I am about and love in life as science and art and music is a big thing in my life&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="file:///C:/Users/Yogie/Desktop/,%3bjk.JPG" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8549229372425566739-5790883690970880273?l=josephromero.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/feeds/5790883690970880273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2010/10/life-new-and-freedom.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/5790883690970880273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8549229372425566739/posts/default/5790883690970880273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://josephromero.blogspot.com/2010/10/life-new-and-freedom.html' title='Life a new and freedom'/><author><name>Joseph Romero</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jAvNN_GjnGI/TMNh6WxzBKI/AAAAAAAAADI/b4v5WMt2Ukk/S220/Yogie+Joseph,,,,.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
