The Eclipse and Josh's Bucket-List

Our week began with the eclipse.  During the event, with a camera filter, I took a few pictures of it.

In our corner of Virginia, we had a 79% occlusion. I thought that it would have been a little darker, but it wasn't.

Below is a picture I took of it.

I also snapped a few of Todd, who was the only dog that wanted to be out with me.

Broadcasts before the eclipse reminded all of us to not be so consumed with taking pictures, but to enjoy the experience, and notice your surroundings.  So, I did that.  I noticed that at the height of the eclipse, there was a call from one of our resident Barred Owls, how unusually quiet it was, and that the temperature fell about about 5 degrees.

It's hard to top an eclipse at the start of the week, but we're going to give it a try.  The month of August marks a milestone as we celebrate 15 years with our boy Josh. There are no words to say how humbled and grateful I feel at being given this gift of time with him. And, for the last few months, I've been thinking about celebrating that time by doing a "bucket list" for Josh - It has been spurred on by a blog that another blogger shared on her Facebook page this week. The blog, Mr. Molson's Adventures was created when Molson, also a Golden Retriever, was diagnosed with cancer. Inspired by the memories the family made, with Josh's good health, I decided to wait no longer.  Our list isn't as adventurous as Molson's, but it is custom for Josh.  Yesterday we began with a little makeover to ready him for checking off that bucket-list!