Isn’t it fun to step outside of one’s routine from time-to-time? I think so, and last night reaffirmed my sense of it.
I hesitate to say it’s my habit to take my li’l 4-legged companion, Suki Kabuki Tuki Tuki, out for our evening ramble at around 7:00 p.m. most evenings, because no sooner do I state it, I’m sure I’ll deviate from my claimed habit. It never fails.
Last night was proof of just such an instance. I was engrossed in some art project or another, and when I came up for air, it was about midnight. Suki definitely needed to go out, having with great forbearance waited for me to remember her. I layered in gloves, hat, jacket, scarf, socks, walking shoes, etc., grabbed my handy-dandy flashlight and Suki and I ventured out into the dark of night.
It was definitely a bewitching hour! Most folks had hours before switched off residential lights and tottered off to bed, thrusting m’mutt-n-me into pitch-blackness. We started on our merry way, preceded by the circle of light cast by flashlight. Oh, baby! It was cold out and we were moving at a pretty fair clip.
We arrived at a point where surrounding evergreens thinned and I was awestruck by the gazillions and one stars and galaxies ablaze in the dark sky.
We’ve had rain and fog for the last couple of weeks, so to see the constellations arrayed across the cosmos was breathtaking! I stopped in my tracks to take it all in … Orion’s Belt, Seven Sisters (Pleiades), Dipper (Ursa Major) … Wow!
Did you know the Japanese call the Pleiades “Subaru” … beep beep honk-o honk-o … Subaru means “gathered together,” so I learned.
I glanced over at Orion and ACTUALLY SAW A SHOOTING STAR!!!!! When I got back home, of course I Googled and learned there are Orionid meteor showers between Nov 16 – Dec 16! Does it get any better than THIS?
After staring up at the universe until my eyes watered and I got a crick in my neck from looking up so long, and saintly Suki tired of listening to my incessant ooooohs and aaaaaahs, we headed back home.
IF I had gone out earlier, the ambient light of the neighborhood probably would have obscured the clarity of the star-strewn sky.
IF I had pooh-poohed the notion of going out for an uncustomary midnight meander, I would have missed the splendor of the experience.
Take it from me! Try something totally different; step outside of your routine. It could make for a totally unanticipated, completely satisfying experience!
Last night was proof of just such an instance. I was engrossed in some art project or another, and when I came up for air, it was about midnight. Suki definitely needed to go out, having with great forbearance waited for me to remember her. I layered in gloves, hat, jacket, scarf, socks, walking shoes, etc., grabbed my handy-dandy flashlight and Suki and I ventured out into the dark of night.
It was definitely a bewitching hour! Most folks had hours before switched off residential lights and tottered off to bed, thrusting m’mutt-n-me into pitch-blackness. We started on our merry way, preceded by the circle of light cast by flashlight. Oh, baby! It was cold out and we were moving at a pretty fair clip.
We arrived at a point where surrounding evergreens thinned and I was awestruck by the gazillions and one stars and galaxies ablaze in the dark sky.
We’ve had rain and fog for the last couple of weeks, so to see the constellations arrayed across the cosmos was breathtaking! I stopped in my tracks to take it all in … Orion’s Belt, Seven Sisters (Pleiades), Dipper (Ursa Major) … Wow!
Did you know the Japanese call the Pleiades “Subaru” … beep beep honk-o honk-o … Subaru means “gathered together,” so I learned.
I glanced over at Orion and ACTUALLY SAW A SHOOTING STAR!!!!! When I got back home, of course I Googled and learned there are Orionid meteor showers between Nov 16 – Dec 16! Does it get any better than THIS?
After staring up at the universe until my eyes watered and I got a crick in my neck from looking up so long, and saintly Suki tired of listening to my incessant ooooohs and aaaaaahs, we headed back home.
IF I had gone out earlier, the ambient light of the neighborhood probably would have obscured the clarity of the star-strewn sky.
IF I had pooh-poohed the notion of going out for an uncustomary midnight meander, I would have missed the splendor of the experience.
Take it from me! Try something totally different; step outside of your routine. It could make for a totally unanticipated, completely satisfying experience!
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