Eclipse

The recent lunar eclipse was clearly visible here.  It started just after dark so we went out, wrapped up and with a fire, to sit and watch.  It was still quite chilly so we sat around the fire drinking tea and eating biscuits while the moon did its thing.
These are some of the pictures, not the best that you will see, but we were there!

The moon rose as usual behind the trees.

We sat around the fire, with our friends Amy (R) and Omega (L), and waited.  Quite a long time because 'someone' got the start time wrong!



Until at last the moon began to shrink:

 



Eventually there was the memory of a moon, accompanied by Mars:

 

Visitor

We found this chap while we were moving some of the (tons) of fallen leaves onto the garden for organic matter: