Monday, August 21, 2017

Eclipse day!


Today was the eclipse, and we thought it would be more fun to experience it with other people, so we headed out to my sister Jackie's house, along with my parents and my sister Chellie and her kids. We were all worried that we wouldn't be able to see anything, because the clouds were rolling in shortly beforehand, totally obscuring the sun occasionally.

Once it started, however, it was a wee bit cloudy, but the eclipse was totally visible and really cool. The kids swam throughout, coming out every once in a while to check on the moon's progress. The adults spent more time actually watching the sun and playing with the shadows. Jackie brought out her strainer, and we had fun watching the holes become eclipses in the shadow. Chellie pulled out her old pinhole box from the eclipse that happened when we were in middle school, and while it was fun to see, i realize now why that wasn't more exciting at the time. It just doesn't compare at all to looking up at the actual thing.


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