As a newcomer I was obviously struck down immediately with aperture fever. Then the EP virus. Then the Ob issue. All got too much, wondering how I'm to afford the Ob slab, run power, etc. Leaning on the small scope plinth in my yard, realised that only 5 metres from the plinth is a perfectly good dry cement floored shed with a concrete ramp to the almost level grassed area, extension lead distance from the power. Shelving and all. Whats in the shed? The mower, to be shorty banished to a more suitable dirt floored shed next door with its cousins. So now its simply going to be a new permanent plinth/fork mount for the bigger scope, a trolley to move the OTA 10 metres, a level & landscaped gravelled viewing area and a small A/C in the shed for cooling down the OTA the afternoon before viewing. This can also be my warm room/computer area. The massive GEM to be restored can now be done in a more timely fashion over the coming years without the stress of "gotta get it done"!
Sometimes, less really is more, and I lose sight of what I'm doing
