♛Unfortunately I didn’t see this meteor shower, we were living in New Orleans at that time… but we read about it in the journals.

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Claudia and Louis were always intrigued by the workings of nature, and could spend hours pouring over illustrated books of flowers, animals, scientific discoveries, predictions for the future. We kept live birds because Claudia asked to study them at close range; she wanted to draw in the style of those books she loved.

Natural events like that are truly something to behold, and I can see why Gabrielle prefers the simplicity and company of such wonders to society, which can be so dull and boring in comparison. Man-made art can only attempt the beauty that Nature provides, free of charge.

It was Gabrielle’s desire that brought me to the lip of a frozen tundra to see the Northern Lights for the first time, and it really was worth the considerable amount of bitching and moaning I had made on the climb up to our viewing point.