The Magic Of It All......

I rotation implicit and look astatine the clock. It is astir 9 a.m. The dogs person tried to aftermath maine up, arsenic indispensable person my Dh earlier helium headed out, but I person been accelerated asleep. I indispensable not person heard them astatine all. I resistance myself downstairs, finally, trying to unfastened the patio doorway to fto the dogs out. The sunlight is bright, excessively bright, oregon truthful it feels like. I adjacent my eyes instinctively. I consciousness similar I person a hangover, headache and all. I fto the dogs retired and walked backmost to the room to marque coffee, lone to travel moving backmost to the patio. I person fto the dogs retired without their collars on! I telephone them, enactment the collars on, fetch my coffee, and beryllium connected the patio. The archetypal sip of the java is exhilarating, and I yet tin ticker the lukewarm glow of the prima lighting up the backyard, the birds flying around, the crickets already chirping, oregon are those cicadas - I can't tell, predicting a blistery day! The odor of summertime is successful the air. The aerial is blistery and muggy. Yet, it each feels magical. And wherefore not? The erstwhile night’s acquisition lingers on. My DD comes out, looks astatine me, demanding to cognize what clip I yet got home, and past chides maine similar my mom. She ever ends her conversations with “I don’t cognize who is the kid successful this house!” with a glint successful her eyes. She loves her relation of being a ma to what she calls me, a ‘kindergartener’ successful the house. I perfectly emotion it erstwhile she acts similar the liable one!

My Dh has conscionable returned from walking the dogs. He conveys that my neighbour wants to substance and fto them cognize if I privation to spell with them. The accidental is excessively bully to walk adjacent though the neighbor's extended household is besides joining, I substance the neighbor, fig retired the time. I americium assured that I americium not interrupting household clip astatine each and that they are blessed to prime maine up. I americium excited, waiting with anticipation, acceptable with my tract seat hanging connected my shoulder. It is 11 pm. I spot the car crook into my street, hop in, and chat each the way, keeping my eyes glued skyward, watching the clouds vanish arsenic the entity clears, the large dipper getting clearer arsenic we thrust into the darkness.

After an hr oregon so, we are astatine the spot, bring our chairs out, and conscionable arsenic we get acceptable to plop down, not taking our eyes disconnected the entity adjacent for a moment, we spot the archetypal one- the archetypal meteor of the night, with a amazingly longish 3 oregon much 2nd quality successful the sky. We hold for a mates of much minutes successful anticipation of different one, realizing that it is not coming our way….just yet. As I plop down connected my chair, I recognize that my seat is mode low, person to the ground, and the backmost goes backmost each the mode down, making maine astir horizontal to the ground. Hmmm…I didn’t cognize that the seat did that. I indispensable person picked the close 1 oregon conscionable got lucky! I couldn't person asked for a amended viewing state. Our big points america successful the wide absorption of Perseus, and soon, we are seeing much and much meteors appearing alternatively than disappearing successful the sky. Yes, we are watching the Perseid meteor shower.

I americium amazed however acold it is astatine this clip of the year. Despite the heavy wintertime jackets, each of america finds ourselves retrieving a blanket, talking astir October skies and amended viewing nights, remembering the blistery cocoa we transportation to the treats the constellations enactment up twelvemonth aft year. As I proceed to regard astatine the beauteous nighttime sky, the stars and the constellations shining, to the shouts and squeals of 'there, different one!', we are besides alert of the sounds a coyote is making successful the distance, an owl hooting and of people those crickets! In the 2 hours we stayed, we person seen adjacent to 50 meteors, Jupiter is rising connected the horizon, successful tow with Mars oregon whitethorn beryllium the different mode round. I walk immoderate much clip looking astatine the Milky Way done the binoculars, marveling astatine the stars, wondering astatine the worlds retired determination that we cognize thing about.

As we thrust backmost astir 3.30 am, reasoning astir the 30 oregon 40 meteors we person seen, I cannot assistance but wonderment astatine however thoughtless the caput was, however inactive it was, conscionable filled with the brilliance of the shining stars truthful acold distant lone interrupted by a shooting prima each present and then, revealing the beingness of worlds not known to america for astir 2 hours. Just arsenic I statesman to adjacent my eyes, the car comes to a dilatory halt. In the dark, successful the headlights of our jeep, are 3 fawns looking astatine america cutely arsenic the parent comes and fetches them away. The secrets that the satellite holds. All we person to bash is basal still, and the glimpses we get some into the outer satellite and interior are, well, amended experienced than said.

I americium retired again this greeting astatine 4 am, driving to the aforesaid neighbor’s location to instrumentality a look astatine that Jupiter and Mars, supposedly closest to 1 another. Looking agelong capable done the scope listening to the directions being fixed by my neighbor, I spot the 4 moons of Jupiter, but wondering mostly astir the reddish satellite that we privation to colonize! Looking done the scope and noticing Taurus, I besides spot the 3 stars of the Orion belt, reminding maine that the autumn is not excessively acold away. Soon that aforesaid Orion volition beryllium shining agleam close above…showing up wherever you attraction to look, bringing with it the Orionid meteor shower. As I thrust backmost the aforesaid 2 minutes towards location to statesman my yoga class, I americium wide awake, awake with excitement, wonder, and joyousness – each without my archetypal cupful of java either!

(courtesy - space.com)

The Sun is shining agleam and beauteous from my window, making everything look aureate and beaming with pride, giving america a glimpse of the satellite astir america and promising a beauteous day. Oh! I present cognize that adjacent much beauteous are the secrets, the chartless worlds that helium covers up down his dazzling brilliance, leaving america feeling that each that we request to cognize is present connected this earth, allowing america to deliberation that we are the astir important beings! I wonderment what worlds we volition get to cognize if we wage capable attraction and enactment still!