Sometimes we take for granted the blessings we have, my daughter and family are
visiting from Florida and are reminding me to appreciate what I can see right out my kitchen window. My son-in-law especially, a born and bred Floridian, is really enjoying his daily walks on the Pennsylvania hillsides, the deer, the air, running water and green, green, green. 

It's good to drop everything and get away for a respite once in a while. That was the last couple of nights for me. I like going to Cherry Springs State Park, it's only 40 miles away yet it's the darkest Astronomy park in the Eastern US. It was one of the first International Dark Sky Parks in the country. My backyard observing spot is pretty good, open and not much light pollution, but nothing to compare with the night views at Cherry Springs. So many stars it's sometimes hard to pick out the constellations.