Billy Bones

My son pointed the telescope of the Bones Observatory at all three objects and eventually caught them all between clouds. Venus was in "half-moon" phase, a perspective we seldom think about with respect to the planets! We counted three of Jupiter's moons and reflected that it's only been four centuries since we have known of the moons' existence. I bellowed at the neighborhood dogs and got them into a roaring and self-sustaining bark-fest. A neighbor yelled blasphemy at one of the dogs (or maybe at me). The cat bolted under the porch...er...observation platform. It was a good night!