This first post of my first ever blog shall be short and sweet. (Like me!)
As usual, I am staying up way too late at night, it's already 12:30 a.m. and here I am, in front of the computer, while the rest of my family has gone off to bed.
Tonight my girls and I took our bicycles, my camera and my tripod out to the local golf course to try to catch some photos of the full moon rising in the east. It's really something to ride your bike in near darkness, speeding down hills with the wind in your face through a deserted golf course. It's really quite exhilarating. Much better than actually playing golf there in the day time.
Last week, my oldest daughter, Amanda, introduced me to the golf course at night, when we drove over there to view the stars. It's a great place to get away from street lights and really see what's shining down on you from the celestial heavens above. We took our flashlight, towels to lay on, and my camera of course.
Amanda had wanted to ride our bikes or even walk over, but since it was about midnight, I opted for driving. We gathered our things, then drove over and parked under the streetlight nearest the corner of the course where we would enter in and set up our little midnight viewing.
We were about to cross the street and walk to our darkened destination, when we saw car lights approaching. We stood and waited for the vehicle to pass, but it didn't. Instead the large, looming black pick-up with siren lights attached to the top, pulled to a stop behind our car. It was our local policeman.
I walked up to him and quickly explained our little plan, hoping he would not tell us to forget it and send us on our way. We live in a small town and he knows just about everyone in it. He said he was just wondering why a car would be parked on the edge of town under the street light and came to check it out. Funny how he spotted us so very soon after we got there. Thankfully, he gave us the OK, said we were fine and we happily trotted down the hill.
The star-gazing was great! The weather was very fine. It was 77 degrees, no wind, and the mosquitoes left us alone. I attempted to get some pictures of the stars. I did get one, but the magnification limits on my Canon Powershot S3 only made for tiny white specks on the image. We did get to see about five shooting stars while we lay on our backs, looking up.
We stayed out there enjoying ourselves for a good hour. It was 1:00 a.m. when we got back home. The lack of sleep we had that night was so worth it. Not for the photo, or enjoying perfect weather, or even the wonderful quietness of the lunar-less night. But what really made the time memorable for me, was spending it with Amanda. It was a great time spent doing something together that was out of the ordinary, spontaneous, and fun. I will treasure those moments together, as I hope Amanda will too.
A few days later, we did another similar late night fun thing with my camera, but I'll leave that for another time.
Next weekend we take Amanda to college. She will start the next phase of her life, without being with us full-time. I'm wondering how I will bear it. I'm happy for her and know we have selected a great Christian College for her to attend and she will have family and friends near. That helps a lot. And as my Great Uncle Ray put it, God will be there with her the same as he was in Henderson. A very comforting thought.
Huh, I said this first post was going to be short and sweet. It didn't turn out to be. That's what happens when you get a woman started talking.
Until next time, TTFN.
Debbie
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