Redundant title, but I felt the need to bewitch you by using the word ‘betwixt.’ When I stepped outside this morning, about ninety minutes before sunrise, I looked up and couldn’t believe the incredibly bright stars and planets I could see against a dark sky. Very unusual sight from my front steps. I even called my husband out to look at the gorgeous perfect visibility of the entire constellation Orion. We could even see all seven stars of the Pleaides, directly overhead. I couldn’t resist the siren call of my camera, so I went back inside, grabbed the tripod and the camera and took a half dozen photos.
![Waning Moon Equidistant Between Venus and Jupiter Waning Moon Equidistant Between Venus and Jupiter](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8449/7970071752_a8962d0d33_c.jpg)
Yesterday morning, the moon was a bit brighter and closer to Jupiter.
![Orion, the Hunter Orion, the Hunter](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8031/7970071308_8da0f52909.jpg)
![Jupiter with the Seven Sisters (Pleiades) Jupiter with the Seven Sisters (Pleiades)](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8300/7970069418_7f8124e34f.jpg)
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I can’t wait to see what tomorrow morning has in store for me.