starry nights

I go outside at least once a night to look up at the stars. my favorite constellation is Orion's Belt. I've always been captivated by the 3 stars in the middle and can spot it for where ever I am in the world. I miss the sky in Germany, so many stars freckle the night there. There's dots of light even in the darkest parts of their night sky, like someone dropped a bottle of glitter. Every night walking home from work, I would stop half way home and just stare up, getting myself lost within the stars above me (secretly keeping my eyes out for UFOs). Thank God bat's have echo location, there's been several times I'd get so caught up in the stars that I wouldn't see a bat until it would dodge me at the last minute. People say you can see tons in the mountains or somewhere away from the city, but I miss being able to walk outside my house and being overwhelmed by the starry night.

Oh! You know what else I miss about my German town, the Cathedral lit up at night, being able to see the shadows of the ancient stones making up the cathedral and the steeples illuminated from the farthest edges of the town, glowing in the distance like a blaze of fire....beautiful.