Watching the dawn

[briarwood]

For no particular reason, I was wide awake at about 4am this morning.

I pulled back my curtains and the sky was the clearest I've seen it all year. I could see all the stars, picked out Orion and Taurus in the sky above my house clear as day (y'know, in a manner of speaking). Which, with the amount of light pollution in this area, is really unusual.

And then there was the moon, right there in the East, a slim crescent and so completely beautiful.

With the sky so clear, it should have been cold, but it wasn't, so I opened my window wide and just stared at the sky.

And I watched the dawn over the Bristol Channel, watched the sky turn slowly blue, saw the moon wander out of my sight and the stars wink out one by one.

I haven't done that for so very long. Nothing's gonna top that today.

Comments

[castalie.livejournal.com]

That's definitely a wonderful way to start the day :-)

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!

[betagoddess.livejournal.com]

That sounds just wonderful!

One thing I always miss about the cottage is the dark skies and lack of light pollution. You can see the Milky Way as bright as can be and every star in the sky. When J. brings his telescope, it's something else and the Persiad Meteor showers are spectacular!

Glad you had such a lovely, if early, start to your day! =>}

[slipperieslope.livejournal.com]

Wished I could have seen it, too...