I like space stuff.  Like these two things which happened this month.  First, the planets Venus and Jupiter got really close to each other in the sky, and managed to produce this “smiley face” image with the moon.  This photo makes me happy every time I see it:

Also, the full moon this weekend was the brightest and biggest of this year, and the moon was actually closer to the earth than it has been in 15 years.  Pretty cool.  And you really could tell the difference if you went out and looked.  Neato!

No, I didn’t take either of these photos.