About 9:25am. The eclipse is just barely visible on the sidewalk under a hawthorn tree at the front of our complex. Near the corner of the triangular section, there are circles with fuzzy shadows at the bottom. It will get better, I promise.
9:45am. More circles in the shadow. The bite out of the circles is getting clearer. Birds are still flying about, singing, and the sky is the normal bright blue with just a few feathery clouds around.
10am Birds are quiet. A stray cat walked around me, giving me a wide berth, only to climb the tree behind me. He sat there looking at me as though to ask what I was going to do about it. I told him to keep looking down so he didn’t hurt his eyes. Next time I looked, his eyes were closed in that wonderful cheshire grin of comfort and trust. When people walked their dogs past, the limb would shake, making the moons dance.
10:10am. The feathery shadows on the parking lot pavement are caused by images of the eclipse. Nature is so beautiful!
10:35am. Nearly complete. The cat climbed down from the tree as though going off to hunt. Looking up toward the Balloon Fiesta, the sky was a darker blue than usual, but not as dark as I expected it to get. I enjoyed the flower like cluster of circles to the right.
10:39am Cradle shaped half circles make the shadows feathery as the other groups of spectators call it over and head in. The shade of the tree is moving at the usual pase for a normal day, crawling up the wall beside me, so I’m surrounded by moon-shaped glitter:
Thank you for your time. I hope you enjoyed Mother Nature’s spell casting spectacle for today.
I went in soon after to warm up. Asked Albus if he had seen it get dark outside. He peeped excitedly, telling me all about it.
“Were you scared?” I asked.
Absolute sudden silence. What a smart bird!
we were in the 70% zone, I believe, and didn’t have the proper equipment to view it. Thank you for sharing the pictures!
pictures!
all day here. I was disappointed 
Thanks again for sharing them! 