Be Grateful

I stepped out this evening late and caught a beautiful sight, the three-day old crescent moon just disappearing behind the trees and Castle Peak.

Because of all of the smoke in the air from the brush fires everywhere, the moon was a vibrant orange color.

I wish I could get the iPhone images to show that off.

Why should you “be grateful?” Well, aside from all of the usual reasons (i.e., even with all of the normal day-in, day-out BS we deal with, it could be so, so much worse), there’s the fact that if I hadn’t seen this and taken a couple of quick pictures to share, I was going to share a goofy selfie that I took while in the endodontist’s chair today for the second of three root canals in a three week period. (Not fun, not feeling so good tonight. Growing old and being the mature, responsible adult character sucks.) Trust me, a beautiful, orange, crescent Moon is so much better to look at than a drooling idiot wearing a bib!