“I’ve found the moon!” Paul came puffing up the stairs to tell me late last night. We had been eagerly waiting all evening for the moon to rise so that we could go and be dazzled by this special eclipse and amazing blood red moon. I followed him outside into the courtyard.
“Where is it then?” I said, peering into the darkness as Rick charged about barking at the bats.
“Between the trees.”
“What, that pale pink pimple?”
“Yup.”
We were totally underwhelmed. It was a very small, distant moon and the faint cloud cover dimmed any redness into pale pink. At least the barn owls put on a display for us, swooping out of the pigeonnier and wondering what all the fuss was about.
It was going to appear as a small moon, I was aware of that, but we didn't see it at all because we had mega thunder storms that commenced at 8.30 pm, just in time for the viewing of the eclipse. However the lightning show was the best I have ever seen and made up for it.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't had any storms yet since we've been back.
DeleteWe had one great night of storms like I have never seen before. It was like a free light show and it wasn't frightening although I unplugged everything in the house.
DeleteOh now I get it - THAT was what was pink and very small!
ReplyDeleteWhat else could I mean?
DeleteInspite of all the hoopla in the week, I only remembered it around midnight and knew it would be a waste of time to get back up and look. This am we were rewarded by it having rained a bit, so no complaints.
ReplyDeleteWe had a light shower this morning and it feels a lot cooler today. A temporary respite.
Delete"Over here" we had a bright (not red) full moon. I was a little disappointed, thinking we would see an interesting colour. Wrong part of the world, I guess. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteI think they over-hyped it. I thought it was going to be bright red.
DeleteVery clear skies here and the moon was beautiful with a very bright mars on the bottom right.
ReplyDeleteI like to know that you are back in France.
Greetings Maria x
There was a lot of cloud about last night. On a clear night the sky is amazing here because there is no light pollution from any big towns.
Deleteah well, you tried. We didn't get any part of this here in southern California, but the last couple were also disappointing for us.
ReplyDeleteIt was a bit of a non event here.
DeleteWe had a gigantic thunderstorm which coincided with eclipse time - so no moon.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of people missed it.
DeleteWe gave up, and threw ourselves into the illuminated pool instead. Night-time swimming is much better than moon-watching (well, it turned out to be, anyway).
ReplyDeleteNight-time swimming is fun!
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