T Stands For Eclipse

 Last Monday, I spent eclipse day with my friend, Teague. Schedules haven't coincided since she came over to bake bread in February. We made out plans before realizing that 21. August 2017 was Eclipse Day.

Outings always include eating lunch out, but I was so happy to see Teague and hungry I didn't take pictures of eating at Friendly's. I had a bacon cheeseburger with waffle fries and a vanilla Coke. Teague had a crispy chicken wrap.

Now, I'm pretty sure Teague wasn't super interested in seeing the eclipse, but I knew she would indulge me. I didn't have the special eclipse glasses, but I had made a camera obscura from two pieces of a white cardboard CD folder.

Here in Massachusetts we only saw around 65% obscuration. Some areas around the state had clouds and for a little while, it looked like we wouldn't be able to see the eclipse either, but the sun came out.  Teague indulged me as I knew she would while I tested to see if my camera obscura would work on a patch of sunlight coming through the kitchen window.

You can see the start of the eclipse

Then around 2:45 PM, we went out to the front yard where the sun wasn't obscured by trees.

Teague's husband was working from home, and he took a break to come out to play. He held the pinhole lens and

I took a picture of the eclipse. See that crescent moon shape? That's the sun. Cool, huh? One of the neighbors came out to see what we were doing.

After all that sciencing, we needed to treat ourselves to dessert. I had seen an advertisement on television for a Dairy Queen Buy One Blizzard Get the Second at 99 cents so we went to the Dairy Queen. The promotion must have only been in certain DQs, and not in the one we visited. Since we were still full from lunch, we ended up getting mini Blizzards. A DQ Blizzard is a soft serve ice cream with added chunks of candy, cookies, or brownies served in a paper cup with a plastic spoon with a long handle (like an iced tea spoon). Teague had one with M&M candies and I had the brownie and fudge sauce. The small size was the perfect Goldilocks treat. Just the right size.

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