Goodnight Moon

We had a beautiful full moon last night. It was absolutely mesmerizing. The kid, hub and I sat outside transfixed on it. The way the clouds were passing made it seem like you were in a whole different world where all you could see was a sky full of stars, clouds and everything was lit by the moon.

While I tried to capture the moment, these things never do come out like you see in real life. (Don't click on it to enlarge. It looks way better this size!) I remember once while in photography school, I spied the largest moon over Arlington I had ever seen (Cosmo's moon, perhaps). I ran home, grabbed my old Minolta and ran back up to the hill. When I took the photograph, developed the film and made a contact sheet, it looked like a speck in the sky. I was so disappointed. Kind of like I am with these photos I took last night. If this is the best of the bunch, you can only imagine what the rest look like!

It did remind me of our favorite children's book, Goodnight Moon.

Goodnight room
Goodnight moon
Good night cow jumping over the moon
Goodnight light
And the red balloon
Goodnight bears
Goodnight chairs
Goodnight kittens,
And goodnight mittens
Goodnight clocks
And goodnight socks
Goodnight little house
And goodnight mouse
Goodnight comb
And goodnight brush
Goodnight nobody
Goodnight mush
And goodnight to the old lady whispering hush
Goodnight stars
Goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere

Sniffle.