12/22, Tuesday. Sunny with some clouds to the south. I headed out ~5:30pm up to Kerry Park. Passing Space Needle, decorated with a white Christmas tree, as usual. A few people at Kerry Park.
Initially, I thought this bright dot in the southern sky was Jupiter and Saturn. But they didn't go down much during the half an hour I was there. After checking the set time, I finally settled down to another dot to the SW, a bit dimmer. Through my 10x50 binocular, I can see one brighter dot with a fainter and slightly hued neighbor to its west. This dimmer enssemble did move lower to the horizon as night deepened.
When I arrived home, I couldn't warm myself up. Even a hot shower didn't help much. I was even shivering. Every muscle was in pain. Filled a hot thermal bladder and tried to sleep. The fever and cold went away in the middle of the night. The soreness lessened, and went away after another day. I had Zoster vaccine (for Shingles) this morning. I guess I'm one of those 16% of people who have ill reaction. Not sure if I want the 2nd shot.
12/23, Wednesay. I downloaded Skyview app on my phone, and headed to Olympic Sculpture Park. The sky was clearer tonight. However, the two planets were visually apart now without any optical zoom. The Mars next to the 2/3 moon was very bright.
