Been up and have already watched a world event this morning.
Yes, it was big and orange!
For a while, anyway.
Bill saw that part of the show cuz he headed out early with the dogs and turned off the light at the end of the lane.
I learned later that he took his binocs with him. He had remembered the happening was gonna happen.
By the time I watched, however, Bill had seen most of the action and had returned to the house to tell me to get out there and look at the moon.
It was a good thing for me to start watching in the final stages----just like with basketball games.
The ending is often the most exciting (if it's a good game, of course, and our team is in the lead).
As for the eclipse of the moon, I did read on Facebook that someone realized they should have brought their coffee outside with them cuz some of that early action went pretty slowly.
In my case, I stood outside the sliding glass door and watched as what light still remained from the blue, super and red moon disappeared in the sky, allowing pretty little stars to appear and take the early morning stage.
I hadn't really paid much attention to when this astronomical event was set to happen because I knew it was in the middle of the night and just figured the chance of clouds photo bombing the whole show would be pretty strong.
But, alas, for once I was in the right place at the right time, thanks to Bill who does keep track of such things.
It was an awesome sight, and I'm also hoping it could be considered an omen for better times and happenings ahead, now that we've almost made it through January.
Happily, during yesterday's penultimate day of this year's first month, the clouds did not photobomb the sun or scenes around the area which are so often socked in on dreary winter days.
Instead, the clouds were well behaved, forming phenomenal and fluffy accessories to the phenomenal scenes which are always there----we just don't get to see them on bad weather days.
So, it turned out to be an invigorating day as the fog faded away in early afternoon, opening up increasing amounts of blue skies, warmth and awesome sights to behold.
I dare say we could even feel a hint of spring by mid afternoon. Besides the singing of birds, my taste of spring was helped along by an outdoors project: seed sowing.
Two flats of geraniums and tomatoes have joined the infant lettuce crop in the garden window. Usually, I use the tailgate of the white pickup as my planting station, but Bill and the doggies had gone to the dump.
So, the 4-wheeler bed and the shop bench served as seed sowing centers. The project involved several trips through mud and over slippery ice to and from the house as I carried potting soil, seeds and warm water to the flats.
Each trip, though somewhat exasperating with the need to still plan every step, enhanced my mood as I enjoyed the slight breeze, the bright blue sky and warm air.
And, so more seeds have been sowed, the moon has done its thing, and I can see mountains this morning. The day is off to a good start.
My sisters and I have plotted another "escape" to celebrate January's end. Stay tuned.
Tomorrow it's February and we get one day of hope before that dang ground hog 3,000 miles away suggests that we'll have six more weeks of winter here in Idaho.
What's wrong with that picture, anywho????
Oh well. We'll make the best of it.
Happy Wednesday. Enjoy the photos, where Schweitzer takes a leading role in today's assortment.
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