Two Dreams- One Of Them Prophetic

[poliphilo]

We've opened the bedroom window in honour of it being spring- a little prematurely because it was damn cold last night. As a way of compensating I
dreamed I was in Australia and looking up at the Southern Cross. My, but it was spectacular! I've always wanted to see the Southern Cross for real. I wonder if I ever shall.

Talking about dreams I had a distressing one the night before last where I threw a cat across the room and damaged its eye. In the morning I was looking at a set of photos by morrison_maiden and there was one I particularly liked of her cat sitting on the windowsill, hidden behind a pot-plant, with just one eye visible. I wrote a comment and after I'd placed it, it suddenly dawned on me- "O wow, that dream was an anticipation of this!"

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The Pole star is nothing special- a faint star that happens to be in the right place. You draw a line upwards from the front two stars of the Plough and eventually you hit it.

My favourite constellation is Orion. But you guys get to see that too, don'tcha? Only t'other way up!

[butterscotch711.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we get Orion (I'm never sure where it is though - it's another one ppl try to find when drunk).

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Three stars in a (more or less) straight line. That's Orion's "belt". It's the object by which I get my bearings. Trouble is it's only visible here during the winter months. I miss it when it's gone.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

i love to lie on the beach up at the cottage, at night. There are so many more stars visible than at home, it's so beautiful...

I try to ignore the crawly things that are also on the beach at night. And one thing I CAN find in the sky is Orion's belt.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Here we suffer from being at the edge of a brightly-lit metropolis and the skies are never really dark.

I remember lying on a hillside in the south of France, far from anywhere, on a perfectly clear night, about thirty years ago. O, but the stars were wonderful.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

I saw a lunar eclipse (?) - where the earth passes between the sun and the moon - once, from the beach. It was very exciting, there was just a bit of a breeze so the lake was ruffled but not rough, and yes, lots of wonderful stars.

When I am old, I mean really old, I hope I can remember what it was like to look up and see all those stars.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It must be really nice to have a nearby beach to go and lie on.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Orion is my favorite, too. Oooooo, and yesterday morning, I saw a falling star!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Most other constellations are hard to make out, but Orion has such force of character!