The Great American Eclipse

 Two kinds of eclipse viewers and space themed shirts. 

We were totally geeking out over the eclipse today! 

Helping Emma see the eclipse. 

There it is! 

 What an incredible experience today! Here in Massachusetts the the view was 63% obscured which was impressive enough. I cannot even imagine what it would be like to experience totality! The two different viewers were great, though I we all felt that the box-over-the-head one gave the best "picture". We tried the colander technique but didn't have any luck getting that to work (though I think I figured out what we should do differently next time). Good thing we only have to wait until April of 2024 to try it again! Thank you, Mother Nature, for allowing us to have such a gorgeous day for this amazing show! It was simply magical!  xo

Super-Harvest Moon Eclipse

7:45pm Sunday. 

5:45am Monday. 

The conditions last night could not have been any more amazing. Mother Nature gifted us with crystal clear skies and the perfect vantage point to witness this incredible lunar event. My only regret is that our good camera wasn't charged and ready to photograph the entire thing, though my trusty iPhone 6 didn't do such a bad job (see pictures one and four). Dave took the eclipse pictures (the camera was charged by then) as sleep got the best of me and I wasn't able to stay up for the entire thing. The moon when I woke early this morning was still big and bright, and so I figured I'd take a couple more pictures while the world was still dark and peaceful. xo