Periodic musings

Rising out of bed and this is outside the window.

Something was startling the waterfowl in the field this morning. When I looked through the binoculars, it looks like there may have been a fox in the field. Couldn't tell for sure though.

I hope I never get tired of waking up to views like this.

Hummingbird taking a bath in/on the columnar basalt fountain.

With the wildfire smoke clearing up some today, the moonrise is a bit more normal tonight.

EDIT: The photo from tonight is a bit off. The moon was definitely not that yellow tonight. 

The view is so much better after trimming the trees.

This week, the sky has shared some phenomena of light refraction and dispersion. Earlier this week, we had a band of heavy rain come through as the sun was low in the western sky which gave us some double-arching rainbows. This morning, while drinking my morning coffee, I see a bright sun-dog out of the corner of my eye. Popped out in the back yard and there was a rather bright halo around the sun. The clouds extending off the halo gave a nice effect. They say, 'ring around the sun or moon; rain or snow are coming soon'. This time, our forecast indicates sunny and warm temps for the next several days.

As I was looking out the window folding laundry, noticed a bunny in the yard. Couple of hours later, still there basking in the sunlight.

In 2018, we took a trip to New York City and was able to see the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Afterwards, we walked - in a torrential downpour - to a pizza window a few blocks away to have something to eat.

Last night had the pleasure of seeing the Phantom of the Opera at the Paramount in Seattle. Grateful to be able to see it again. The performance last night, however, was well done. And, yes, we did get pizza - this time before the show and there was no rain.