Meteor showers fascinate me which really isn't surprising. A lot of things catch my attention.
Last night, I wanted to see the Perseid meteor shower. It wasn't even dark, but nothing else was on my agenda, so I went outside, got a large cushion and put it on top of a picnic table so I could recline and watch the sky, and I settled in for a long wait...because it wasn't even dusk yet.
At roughly 8:45 pm, a large meteor streaked across the sky overhead and it appeared to shatter into bursts of light.
Even though I did see some smaller meteors after the sky darkened and the dew settled around me—that first meteorite was the most amazing. It really was the only incredible one I saw. And it wasn't even dark.
Since I'd seen a big meteor, I really could have returned inside before nightfall, but I didn't know what else I might see, so I had to stay longer.
I saw a lot of planes and maybe some satellites and I heard a cacophony of frogs and a few coyotes or dogs howling, and a deer snorted at me, and an opossum was sniffing along the ground in kind of a zigzag motion getting a wet nose.
When I left my perch to return to my doorway, I watched not the stars, but the ground.
I realized how insulated I am inside my house at night. That insulation helps me sleep better, but living for a moment as people might have lived BI (before internet) made me happy I had stepped outside, and yes, when I walked inside, I did watch the ground very carefully for snakes.
I'm so thankful I can see the stars over my house, and I wish the world could always feel as peaceful as it did when I watched the stars.
Last night, I wanted to see the Perseid meteor shower. It wasn't even dark, but nothing else was on my agenda, so I went outside, got a large cushion and put it on top of a picnic table so I could recline and watch the sky, and I settled in for a long wait...because it wasn't even dusk yet.
At roughly 8:45 pm, a large meteor streaked across the sky overhead and it appeared to shatter into bursts of light.
Even though I did see some smaller meteors after the sky darkened and the dew settled around me—that first meteorite was the most amazing. It really was the only incredible one I saw. And it wasn't even dark.
Since I'd seen a big meteor, I really could have returned inside before nightfall, but I didn't know what else I might see, so I had to stay longer.
I saw a lot of planes and maybe some satellites and I heard a cacophony of frogs and a few coyotes or dogs howling, and a deer snorted at me, and an opossum was sniffing along the ground in kind of a zigzag motion getting a wet nose.
When I left my perch to return to my doorway, I watched not the stars, but the ground.
I realized how insulated I am inside my house at night. That insulation helps me sleep better, but living for a moment as people might have lived BI (before internet) made me happy I had stepped outside, and yes, when I walked inside, I did watch the ground very carefully for snakes.
I'm so thankful I can see the stars over my house, and I wish the world could always feel as peaceful as it did when I watched the stars.
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