Solar eclipse (of the heart)

We had an 85% solar eclipse this morning.  I have always been fascinated by pretty much anything up in the sky, be it thunderstorms, clouds, the moon, the stars...

The last time we had an eclipse my daughter was just 3 months old.  She will be 16 in a month and a bit.  How time flies.

First thing this morning, it was total cloud cover.  Oh no, not again, thinks I.  This happened last time. But over the course of the eclipse, the clouds started to thin and you could clearly see the moon covering the sun through the veil of clouds.

The birds started to gather together to roost and the air took on a mystical hue.  Yep, that happened last time too.

I even took a few photos - aiming the camera in approximately the right direction seemed to work...

But what I hadn't planned on (nor hadn't experienced last time) was how it made me FEEL.  My heart became so full it almost burst.  Everything made sense.  I realised that the stray cat we have came into my life to teach me about love.  I could see for perhaps the first time.

And when I went through the photos on my camera after the event, I was met by this one...

It was taken of a reflection in the window through the tree.  It sure didn't look like that when I took it.

Pretty much sums up my experience.

All this because I have been 'doing the food' and balanced my wonky biochemistry.

Feeling very, very grateful today.

xx