Eclipse

We were very thankful the weather proved cooperative this week while Tonya and Anita were here, but I'm beginning to wonder if they brought the sunshine.  Now that they're gone we've had nothing but clouds, fog, and rain.  My mom made it in yesterday morning and she spent much of the day recovering from her trip and we relaxed indoors as being outside would only mean dampness.  We had hoped to take mom adventuring today despite the cold and damp, but Mike is feeling under the weather (sorry - I couldn't resist) so we again stayed indoors.  I had completely forgotten the eclipse when mom mentioned so we peeked out the window, expecting very little given we had no clue when the eclipse was supposed to happen and clouds covered the sky.  Fortunately for us, the cloud layer was just thin enough over the sun and our timing was just right that we were at the very beginning of the moon's journey in front of the moon.  We snapped a few pictures despite all the warnings, but the clouds came and covered it up again.  We waited patiently and eventually the sun and moon again peeked from behind the clouds to show we had missed the "Ring of Fire" part of the eclipse and the moon was now moving past the sun.  Since I very nearly missed the entire thing altogether, though, I won't be too fussy and am very happy with my pictures - and hoping I won't suffer any permanent eye damage.