I Was Up Before The Dawn

I was up late. Spotting the dimmer, more timid shooting stars in the moonlight was hard, even from the shaded parts of my balcony. But Luna lowered the moon a few hours before sunrise, just in time for a spectacular wave of meteors to gallop across the sky. They were shooting out in all directions, although quite a few liked to launch themselves from the Lyra constellation. Lyra is one of those placid constellations that generally does not move, even when frisky shooting stars are ricocheting off its strings. It was twilight before I got to bed and late morning before I opened my eyes again. It was worth it.

When I wobbled down to the kitchen for hay and chocolate peppermint spice tea, Spike was up to his wrists in bread dough and there were seven jars of zap apple jam on the table! Spike tells me that Apple Bloom made these herself. This afternoon we opened a jar and had some on fresh baked rolled oat bread. Apple Bloom has her granny's touch. Delicious!