I decided to paddle out to the
Johnson Key Chickee camping platform to
observe, enjoy and photograph this rare event.
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(tap or click pic to read)

The totality of the eclipse hath descended upon my camp!
Harvest moon, Super moon, Blood moon and High Tides of an Eclipse Tetrad!
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The supermoon took itโs place in the sky as
unsuspecting creatures carried on!
The deep darkness brought on by the eclipse and the ever rising water levels reminded me of a powerfulย poem by theย famous Czech authorย Karel Jaromรญr Erben. His book โKytice z povฤstรญ nรกrodnรญchโ โย A Bouquet of Folk Legendsย (or just โKyticeโ for short) is a collection of poems based on Slavic mythology and folk themes, long considered to be one of the greatestย works of Czech literature.
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These are the lines that ran through my head asย the tide crept upย in the darkness:
(in Czech, of course!)
โAch nechoฤ, nechoฤ na jezero,
zลฏstaล dnes doma, moje dcero!
Jรก mฤla zlรฝ tรฉ noci sen:
nechoฤ, dceruลกko, k vodฤ ven.โ
(* My best English translation *)
โDonโt go, donโt go to the lake,
Stay at home today, my daughter!
I dreamt frightfulย dreams in the night:
Donโt go, my darling daughter, to the water.โ
(* Read the rest of the poem:ย English translation by Susan Reynolds*)
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With that said..
Blessings friends!
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