Earlier this winter The Player (*thanks to Peg who pointed out that TP is not a good monicker as some teenagers might try to drape him over a tree*) and I were hiking out at Sugar Grove Nature Center in Funks Grove. We realized that there is a little observatory there and that this is for a good reason...good stargazing! Far enough from bigger towns to avoid light pollution, and a big open area of prarie in addition to the woods. We decided that on some clear night with no moon we would take the kids out to see the stars.
Last night it was clear, cold but not miserably so, no moon, and although it was a Sunday no one had to get up early today due to the holiday (President's Day and Kathy's birthday). So we headed southwest to Shirley, then down old Route 66 to Funks Grove. From there we drove along a dark curvy road through the trees until we came to the parking lot of the Nature Center.
Indeed the stars were out in their glory! J-dude called it a "Heaven for Star Watchers Kind of Night." Sisi got the image of a rabid skunk in her head and stayed in the car.
I tried to take a photo of the sky. Hahahaha. Nevermind that, Gentle Readers. Here is a website where you can type in the name of your closest large city and see what the sky looks like on any given night. We enjoyed that once we were home, after we realized how many constellations we were able to see and how few we were able to name.
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A lovely night, a lovely night!
A finer night you know you'll never see!
You meet a skunk, a rabid skunk,
As rabid as a skunk will ever be!
The stars in a clear bright heaven
Sparkle above you!
While you are stinking: Skunky, we love you!
You say goodbye, away you fly!
But on your lips you feel a kiss
All your life you'll dream of this...
Skunky, Skunky night!
(sung to the tune of "A Lovely Night" from Cinderella by Kathy, just five years old)
Trying to sing this but laughing too hard!
Two more thoughts -1. Kathy do you remember the lyrics to the theme from Love Story that you wrote when we were in Junior High? Some references to either body odor or bad breath because all I can remember is "How long does it last, the lysol doesn't take this awful smell away...."
2. Is there a constellation of a skunk?
Rabid skunks out past Funk's Grove, believe you must.
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