I love when we have a good sleep and then Ma wakes up before dawn and goes and gets her phone.
I snuggle close with half an eye open while she looks at Facebook and finds things to be jelly about.
People who have flat tummies because they do five minutes of Pilates, people going on vacation AGAIN, people eating fancy dinners ……………….people
It’s then the birds outside in our trees start singing and then we smile and snuggle some more and conclude there aren’t many better things than lying in your own bed doing nothing but listening.
We were so very blessed to have perfect conditions for the total eclipse yesterday.
The bro came home early so we were all together albeit for a short spell.
It was a blue sky and warm weather wonder.
The glasses the humans got free from Marion Public Library worked spectacularly (sorry!).
Of course I wasn’t stupid enough to look directly at the sun.
Ma tried to get a photo but she didn’t manage. Thankfully, Uncle Sandy MacHattie triumphed as always with his telephoto lenses and got some perfect pics.
It was such a strange sensation you could feel it getting cooler and cooler and then it got darker.
It didn’t go quite dark as midnight but when it did get like dusk everything went quiet including the birds.
We saw the sun flares so clearly. Imagine the sun as a clock with the moon as its face well at the seven o’clock spot there were burst coming out of the aurora.
It was truly awesome and we just cannot believe what we have learned through this experience.
Perhaps the most amazing fact is that in our solar system Earth is the only planet where sun and moon align to give us this fantastic show. Perhaps the only place in the universe and we saw it!!!!!!!
We are watching the forecast with bated breath because it’s ECLIPSE DAY!
We have our glasses ready and know exactly where we will stand to watch! Our own back yard.
We debated about driving so we could see the totality for a longer time but we decided two minutes was sufficient and traffic jam free.
We’ll tell you all about it tomorrow.
In the meantime here, from Dad’s super smart peeps CAM magazine that appropriately arrived this morning and kept us occupied, is a fab fact for you to chew on!
Ma left us home with Dad as she sped off into the sunrise yesterday.
There was not a cloud in the sky and by all accounts the drive through the country was very beautiful with all the trees in blossom.
I’d have to take her word on that if she hadn’t taken this picture to show me!
She did came home at a reasonable hour so we were released for a trot in the afternoon.
I miss it though if I don’t get my morning constitutional. It upsets my system something shocking and I get all out of sorts. Guess I’m just a creature of habit
It’s a brief blast this morning as my secretarial assistant is off to prison AGAIN!
This is most annoying for me and my niece as we get a short shift around the block and then are locked up all day with Dad.
Some dogs are trained at the Reformatory that Ma visits.
These pups learn all sorts of smart things like fetching items for people in wheel chairs or making people with anxiety relax or even helping people with vision problems get around.
I’m sure I could learn from them and minister to Ma and Pa but no chance.
Oh well I suppose there’s worse things than a nice Saturday snooze.