Thursday night

Last night (Thursday into Friday) I was treated with remarkable nature displays. 

First, beginning about an hour before sundown, dozens of Dolphins surrounded the boat and kept me company till dark (Robert had gone to sleep early and missed the fun). The jumped, pirouetted, did belly flops, raced away and then raced back even faster. It was amazing to watch. I tried to take photos but they move too fast and I didn't know where to aim the camera from moment to moment. 

Then, after dark, I was treated to amazing displays of lightening - off in the distance thankfully!  It was in the east, further out than I was (and we were about 100 miles offshore). It was mostly cloud to cloud with occasional jagged bursts to the ocean. The clouds lit up in beautiful colors of yellow and orange and occasional bursts of red. The ground (I mean water) bursts were bright white that lit up the sky. It lasted over an hour

Then the sky lit up with a gazillion stars, more than you could possibly see from land (there is no light pollution at sea)  of course I was reminded of our trips to planetaria with the grandkids, most recently last weekend. I do wish I had a better memory so I could name the constellations (or had the wit to open one of the apps I have on my iPhone), but I enjoyed it just the same

I do hope Josh gets his telescope, which of course he couldn't use out at sea, what with all the bouncing around