2022 - Good Morning, Afternoon, Night

HAVE A LAUGH ON ME!

You all know I hail from moonraker country, here's why (sort of).

Our bedroom looks out onto the back garden. Fom our window we can see the lower garden, the 'summerhouse' (a grand name for a chalet type shed) and beyond a hedge, the roofs of the greenhouses and the front half of a glazed potting shed type of building.

Going to bed last night about midnight, as I was shuttling down the house, bearing in mind it was pitch dark, P shouted from the bedroom, 'There's a light on in the greenhouse!' 'Can't be' says I, 'I haven't been in it today'. Notice it is always implied that it's my fault. I toddles in to have a look and sure enough there's a light up the garden. Further figuring reveals its not the gh (the only structure with leccy) but the potty shed. We both figure it can't be the moon, its too low down and it's quite dark. I confirm it by checking on the digital weather station saying moonset was at 6.43. Plus the fact we've never seen the moon do that before. We put shoes on with the intention of traipsing up the garden to make sure no one was nicking the shed stuff, me in the the lead as usual in these situations. I get outside and look up and what do I see? A nearly full moon just poking out from heavy clouds, shining on and reflecting off the angled windows of the potty shed. We were both killing ourselves with laughter all the way to bedtime
The time of moonset is 06.43 in the morning, not evening, Numpty! I defend myself by pointing out that a while ago we commented that the moonset was in the early evening, strangely. By the time we got back to the bedroom, the light had gone out........I wonder why? Silly Wiltshire moonrakers!