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The fireflies are for some reason guarding our roof, and I'm grateful for the company at the very least.

I could see Neowise from my driveway today, brightest of the three days I've seen it, seeming to dive for the horizon headfirst--be careful! Do you know how to swim? Bright and cold (though the air is so warm). Maybe the fireflies are lifeguards for this comet--but it only *looks* like it's diving for the horizon--luckily for us, he remains swimming in the solar eddies out beyond our atmosphere.

Hmmm. It wasn't going quite so straight down. Its long hair was streaming a little to the right.

I saw the comet! Thanks to

mallorys_camera I knew where to look, and I went out with binoculars, and so I could see the long spray of glittering ice--how powerful is the sun to blow on the comet and make that tail appear!

It's so beautiful.

And it's doing its comet thing: appearing in a year of cataclysm, just the way a comet should.

(confirmation bias or what! Lots of very agreeable comets show up when there are no cataclysms whatsoever ... Or do they? I suppose there's always a cataclysm happening somewhere...)

I love you, Neowise, you are beautiful, and your name is beautiful.