in the light of the moon (this has absolutely nothing to do with knitting!)

Last night, Gabe (my husband) and I took Oberon (our great dane puppy) out for one last duty call - we noticed how quickly the clouds were moving past the sliver of a moon. The moon shined brightly even through the thickest clouds. And then we heard it...the familiar clicking sound we know to belong to two white owls that frequent our neighborhood! We often hear them, and some times we even spy a glimpse of them in the night sky. Last night we listened, we watched, and then we saw them! They circled in the darkness, loud with their clicking...and soon they were circling just over our heads! They were pretty high up there, but we could see them...it was like a show just for us! One seemed to perch on a tree, but the other just kept circling....lower, and then lower, and even lower...and soon I said out loud, "okay! that's close enough!"
Jack and Sterling, our cats, were at our feet. It was clear they knew that their curiosity would not serve them well, and so they sat in our shadows, and watched carefully... neither of them making a sound.
I think the owl was about 2 1/2 to 3 stories above us - I eyeballed this by looking at the top of our 2 story house. The owl was close to us, and seemed to actually be watching us. I want to say that it was a dozen times that owl circled over us (maybe even that precise number!), and then 'he' flew off, clicking all the while.

And so, just to recap - The moon, though just a sliver, was shining brightly through a cloudy sky. There were lots of bare branches from large old trees making nice silhouettes against the moonlit sky...and there were two white owls circling us overhead.
The cats stood at our feet - but Oberon stood in the middle of the yard, watching overhead... turning around and around. (he always watches birds, and planes, too)

It was amazing. Truly.
A little show...just for us.

The cats quickly followed us in the house - and without any coaxing at all ...Oberon, too.

(I imagine Jack looks like a big white bunny to an owl, eh?)

edit to add - it was in this space that our show happened last night - (though this was a different day, )the moon was just about in the middle of this shot

(it looks like the image got cut off a bit)