This and That

It's been over a week already since my mom's passing and it still feels so surreal to me. However, the stress is FAR FROM OVER. In fact, thanks to probate court (and a few other problems/issues with my mom's estate), it has only just begun! I have an appointment next Wednesday with the lawyer to have a ZOOM with the Register of Wills Office (apparently EVERYTHING is online anymore!!). I am nervous as hell - it is hard enough to deal with the loss of a parent without the added BS of the law! Why does dealing with the government always have to be so damned complicated and involved? No matter how I look at it I have NO choice. 

I still have A LOT of my mom's things stored in my small house everywhere in large bins. Today, I took this pic of Sir Leo (the cat she liked a lot) sleeping on her coat. I thought it quite fitting because not only did she like Leo, but her astrological sign was a LEO! Maybe I am just being sentimental, but it made me think ...  

I was working inside when the Solar Eclipse arrived on Monday afternoon in Reading, PA. I remember the Solar Eclipse from 2017 and that is the only time I ever had a chance to view it. My husband did his best to get pics with his areal camera ... 

OUR Last Solar Eclipse

The last time in which we could view a Solar Eclipse in North America was in the year 2017.

"All that is now 
All that is gone 
All that's to come 
and everything under the sun is in tune, 
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon."

~ Pink Floyd ("Eclipse") 

"Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse   naturally won

Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia

To see the total eclipse of the sun."

                         ~ Carly Simon ("You're So Vein")

The pic from outside our house in the rather cloudy sky without using the glasses.

and, with the glasses ... what I vividly saw looked exactly like the pic second from the left which looked like a crescent 'sun'. Absolutely amazing to see!

So, when is the next total solar eclipse visible in North America?

• After the August 21, 2017 eclipse, the next total solar eclipse visible from North America will be April 8, 2024.
• (Reference: earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/whens-the-next-total-solar-eclipse-in-the-us

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Solar Eclipse - 2017

"All that is now 
All that is gone 
All that's to come 
and everything under the sun is in tune 
but the sun is eclipsed by the moon."

~ Pink Floyd ("Eclipse") 

The pic from outside our house in the rather cloudy sky without using the glasses.

and, with the glasses ... what I vividly saw looked exactly like the pic second from the left which looked like a crescent 'sun'. Absolutely amazing to see!