Solar Eclipse (April 2024)

 

The day Tim and Annika left happened to be the same day as the Great North American Eclipse, and John stocked us with fancy glasses from the library. We could have traveled north for a total solar eclipse but instead opted for a backyard-hillbilly-near-eclipse. The last time we saw a solar eclipse, I clunked out a poem. This time, I didn't even have the gumption to take more than a couple of pictures. Good thing I have girls to take a million for me.

 

Piper drew the eclipse onward with a Welcome Dance. (Which child is like me? Hm? Hmm?)

The weekend was so crazy I totally forgot about my mom until the eclipse had nearly reached its peak, so I rushed down and tossed her in the car for a rapid trip up the hill. She arrived with seconds to spare before the clouds rolled in and covered our view. 

And this is all we got. The clouds parted a few times to give us a split second view of a fingernail-tip of sun, just before they rolled over it again.