I think that I am a fairly productive stay at home Dad. I make sure the beds are made. I trudge through never ending hordes of laundry. I sweep and mop, dust and even occasionally clean the windows. But sometimes I sit down and the computer and let it consume my time, aimlessly searching the internet for something interesting.
Yesterday in my search for nothing I found a really cool site that sells sun dials. Now today they do not have much function but man they are very cool. This one I found on www.1001sundials.com and at a great price of only $86.99.
I have a fascination with globes so the one that it pictures beside it on the link which is called an Armillary Sundial. Now if you are wondering what a Armillary is you can find a definition of it at Wikipedia here. Basically it is a “model of the celestial sphere, consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth, that represent lines of celestial longitude and latitude and other astronomically important features such as the ecliptic” I posted a photo of a armillary sphere to the right of the sundial.
Sundials are often placed in gardens as decorations. I think they would be a classy edition to my new patio and fire pit.
Well I am off to take some continuing education classes for my insurance license…so boring!
- Spark Dad
