Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 07/18/2009 12:51 PM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 07/18/2009 12:52 PM
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Welcome to the Country....."Sleeping Under a Blanket of Stars is Not Just and Expression, But a Reality~by Charity Maness
So you’ve decided to move to the country where “sleeping under a blanket of stars” is not just an expression, but a reality. After a few months, really more like 10, I have finally adjusted to life with Wyatt in Tombstone. The slow pace, the snakes, the other mysterious wildlife and the absolute quiet. Okay I have not adjusted to the quiet. It’s suspiciously eerie at night when there is absolutely no sound of traffic, no dogs barking, no neighbors moving trash cans at odd hours, nothing, just a loud silence. Oxymoron you say? I think not. As the nights wear on and the children become more adjusted to the deafening silence I find them sleeping less in my bed, therefore I am getting more sleep.....
However, on those nights where I have a foot near my head, a warm bottom snuggled to my leg, and a hand on my chest (remember four kids) I am able to stare sleeplessly out the window at the evening sky. At first I am annoyed that I am getting no sleep with all these clinging little aliens, but then I begin to enjoy the sound of their deep breathing in the still darkness and the beauty that lay beyond my window.
The moon would sneak up into the sky and send a shaft of light so brilliant through my window that it seemed as if it was already dawn. A sleepy eyed, curly head blond would yawn, slowly open her eyes and gasp at the magical sight. Wiping the sleep from her eyes she asks, “What’s the man in the moon’s name mommy?” Um, I wasn’t ready for that one. “I don’t know sweetheart. What do you think it should be?” Her sleepy yet definite reply was, “Max.” With that she slept again.
Each night awaiting Max’s arrival my children would marvel at the astrological wonder that wrapped their world in a sparkly blanket. Any given night we could lay on the lounges on the back patio and attempt to count the stars and planets. After awhile this game lost its luster and we became numb to their beauty.
One trip to the city at night cured that numbness. Max was barely visible and the kids wanted to know where all the stars went.
In the country we are lucky enough to see beauty beyond compare and experience wonders that some may go a lifetime without, one of which is being “wrapped in a blanket of stars.”
I hope you head outside tonight as soak up the warmth.
Until next time…welcome to the country
FYI: Jupiter reaches opposition on the 15th August 2009, when it will be at its closest distance from Earth. http://www.mikesalway.com.au/ an amatuer atronomer. Makes astronomy fun and understandable.
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