Atmospherics and a breach of manners

[jhetley]

Went out for my evening walk and encountered the Dracula Movie Fog Machine laying ground fog under the lights through our neighborhood park. Mucho spooky, layer of fog about six feet deep. I don't know if we have any chance of spotting the forecast aurora later -- with the explosion of holiday lights around, we'd have to drive fifteen miles for a dark sky.

Later, taking out the recycling for tomorrow morning's pickup, I encountered Nikita The Cat. She hung around in the shadows, supervising. So when I got done hauling, I walked over to her shadow and petted her. She got up and left.

I _think_ I wasn't supposed to see her.