I saw the crescent

[cyrano]

It was a little nippy tonight--I had to put on a jacket to go out and watch the moon--but not enough to keep us indoors. The clouds were very coquetteish, and despite the sky being about sixty percent cloudy, the moon was clouded over about ninety percent of the time. Gaps in the cloud cover would fill suddenly as they approached the moon, or the wind would shift ever so slightly. However, just before totality, a great big open area started creeping up. And then the wind completely reversed, piling a big thick mess of clouds in front of the moon.
I was so frustrated, I nearly forgot to get out the copper pans and bang on them to frighten off the dragon. As usual, the police were just arriving with their own noise makers when I went inside, arriving only after they might have been some help.