What is a blogfest, exactly? It’s an occasion to making online friends and discover others with similar interests. There are many initiatives in the blogosphere, of course, so it might be complicated to find which one to join. I decided this one was for me:
#CHERISHED Blogfest
The festival is hosted by Damyanti – Daily (w)rite / Dan Antion – No Facilities / Paul Ruddock – Echoes of the Pen / Peter Nena – Demogorgon’s Fiction / Sharukh Bamboat – India Destinations, and these are the instructions for this 2015 edition:
Often, objects lead us to memories.
The objects we hold most dear, harbour the most cherished memories.
For the CHERISHED Blogfest, we invite you to talk to us about one of your cherished objects.
Tell us what it is, post a picture of it if you like, and tell us why you cherish it.
Keep your post to below 500 words.
Join us on the 24th to 26th of July 2015 in sharing memories, emotions, information.
We’ll read and comment on each others’ posts, get to know each other better,
and hopefully, make or renew some friendships.
So, after giving it some thinking, this is my beloved, precious, cherished object: A telescope.
I’ve loved astronomy and space since more time than I can remember. And since all I wanted in my childhood was looking at the stars (not that things have changed later on), it was obvious in a way to do the utmost to obtain a telescope as a present from my family. After years of pleading, tears and fights, at 9 I finally got one, not dissimilar from the model in the picture – a refracting telescope quite easy to operate even for a child. In one night – the first with a clear sky – my life changed forever: I was able to observe the Moon’s surface in all its beautiful details, counting the four major Galilean Jupiter’s satellites and even glimpsing at Saturn’s rings. I discovered a new set of deep-space objects that had eluded me until that moment – like the Andromeda Galaxy or the blue Pleiades. And from that moment on I spent countless nights alone with my treasure, feeling every time blessed to have that amazing opportunity. Many years had passed since then, and I have no idea what happened to my telescope. But the magic it worked for me is still alive: I keep dreaming of outer space.
Like the blogfest concept? Join the party, following the instructions given above and write about your own object. And don’t forget to add your blog address to this Linky Tools list, so that people know about it and can visit & say hello!
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