Everyone's worried about people driving while viewing, using wrong glasses, forgetting they've got headlights (!). Township lawyers covering Plainsboro's finest.
Library-provided official viewing glasses, see the seal of approval. Or hippo of approval.
Verdict: nice, glad I had glasses, sun went to a tiny sliver, but it didn't get very dark. It lasted about half an hour. I took a picture of the only foliage around, and caught some tiny pale crescents, eclipse shadows. They're tiny, on top of leaf shadows, bottom right, and a few others, once you get your eye in
It was a nice time, sitting on the deck, drinking tea and studying the sun now and then to see the progress. It was moving but not upsetting like the last time, when I was in a big crowd.
This time, waving at neighbors all watching and doing things with pieces of card, was a friendly time. Happy to see the sun back after late afternoon clouds obscured some of the action.
Current reading on Kindle
Fast read, set in the seventies onward, a friendship between teenage girls becoming life long. I don't know much more yet, but it strikes me as good beach (in my case, deck) reading.
Morning pinloom weaving yielded the much improved piece on the right. Seen l to r
Blue piece, made on pins stuck in cardboard to see if I liked doing it, then first try on real pinloom, wobbly little effort, then ta-da, today's much improved version. This has promise.
As you see, it's a learned skill. After you know the principle, your fingers have to learn the execution.
And I thought you'd like to see how it just lifts off the loom, no finishing required. Then you get busy warping again.
The morning walk yielded blossom
And carpets of violets underfoot
And I followed a tapping sound and found a Northern flicker busy excavating for a nest. You might catch her here. She matches the tree pretty well, so you might need to just take my word on it. Again.
Now I know where to watch for nesting and maybe hatching. It's right above the hollow log where I find the best fungi.
A minute later she'd flown and I saw the mate, maybe coming to do his share
Happy day, lovely sunshine here. Most of the time, that is.
