Blood Moons and Daisies

Today is Michaelmas (pronounced Mikklemus here), otherwise known as the feast of St Michael and All Angels.

It's still important for things such as Oxford & Cambridge university terms (semesters to US folk) - the term starting now is called Michaelmas Term. Same with the Inns of Court (Barristers [lawyers] chambers) and court sittings.

It also gives its name to a small purple flower of the aster family - the Michaelmas Daisy. Regular readers will know I'm rather fond of that flower. And I was delighted to see that yes - the Michaelmas Daisies have behaved and are actually in flower for Michaelmas.

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So... did those of you lucky enough to be in the path of the lunar eclipse get to see it?? I did. I had to set my alarm clock for 2.30am to get out of bed for the totality - which I did. In spite of its being a work day and I have to get up at 5.30 for work.

It was worth it.

I went back to bed at 3.45. Got up at 5.30 and spent most of the day wandering round like a zombie.

But it was definitely worth it.

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