The
awesome sky -
Every
once in awhile I just have to sing sky praises. Today I watched the
sun come up – stood on the deck wrapped against the cold and
monitored the sky lightening in the East and the little pat of butter
spread into a sun. It cleared the horizon at 9:17 am CST.
I
was hoping to catch a glimpse of Mercury but there was just enough
cloud wisps in the Eastern sky to block any stars.
Yesterday,
in a breathtakingly clear morning, the “fingernail” moon hovered
just above the horizon – holding the “old moon” in it's cradle.
About one hand width (outstretched arm) to the left, Mercury blinked
into view even as I watched!
The
last time we saw Mercury distinctly like this was in Cuba from the
top of our resort. It was the first SRPC Rural Critical Care.
Ranking
lower on the scale of delightful wonderment, I counted a dozen
jet-streams, markers of both our love affair with air travel and also
of the most carbon-intensive means of travel. It would be impossible
to have an unblemished photograph of the sunrise.
Can't cut the trails out of the sky - so it's all good!
