Moonless Moonlight Tour

Tonight is the first of the four "Moonlight Tour" at Miami's Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Once a month starting in January, a night tour is offered to the public to have a chance of experiencing nature at its best at dark. Tonight, unfortunately, the sky is cloudy and the moon only rises after the tour concludes. That resulted in a Moonless Moonlight Tour and the star gazing part could not take place. However, just walking in this garden at night is what I think one is very privileged to be able to enjoy. You have seen only part of a beautiful rain tree where lovers of all ages carved their initials on its trunk, illegally, I must say. In case you do not remember, that is an Albizia niopoides, which is the largest and most elegant of about 150 species of the Albizia trees; and it is related to the Rain Tree. This is how it looks in the dark, showcased for tonight's tour by strategically placed spot lights. I can just sit here all night to look at this. This view is Northwesterly, the moon, which was full on the 9th, is early waning and rises from the East at 9:24PM tonight. It will be shining above this tree just about dawn. That will be a beautiful sight to see, but I don't think I can stay up that long to wait for this moment. Can't win them all but I know I can catch that some day.