Have you ever heard that saying? "Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning."
Don't ask me why I have heard it and, what's more, remember it; I suppose it's one of many, many useless bits of doggerel that have come my way over time to be retained by the fickle brain that tends to forget important things like people's birthdays.
If I have forgotten your birthday recently, I'm sorry. You can see that I have more important things on my mind. A general happy birthday to all!
ANYWAY.
That might have been the most meandering and random tangent ever. Moving on.
So, red sky at night. Yes. As it happens, we had a red sky last night. Like, blood red as the sun was setting. It was spectacular, and I called the MiL away from the dishes to watch as the sun set. The MiL also retains useless bits of information in her brain--way more than I do, actually--and so when I mentioned that I thought a red sky at night meant sailor's delight but I wasn't sure how that tied in with the excessive rain predicted for this morning, she not only knew what I was talking about, she said she had just been thinking the same thing.
Great minds, you know.
It is possible there would have been a red sky this morning as a sailor's warning. If it hadn't been pouring down rain. Perhaps there was a red sky above the clouds. Who can say? Because I am a geek, I did Google "red sky at night" this morning and came across this fun page from the Library of Congress. It's like Myth Busters! Only minus the incredibly annoying hosts and inevitable explosions. Which makes it much more to my taste.
And with that, I will leave you, despite the lack of a discernible point or snappy closing. Because sometimes, that's just the way it is.
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Thanks for the link to that page! I too have that saying pop into my head whenever I see a red sky. It's great to learn about why it actually works sometimes.
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When I read the post I thought doggerel must be 'almost useless sh*t a person knows'....but no , I looked it up and it is not quite that. Thank you for the word lesson for the day. :) Also , thank you for the birthday wishes and back atcha. Now on every Jan 1, I plan on going to the famly and wishing them all a general happy birthday and anniversary and all and sundry good wishes for the year and be done with all that whooha. Gosh what a relief having THAT over with for the year.
Red sails........I always thought since sailors are always on the water....night is equal to day so the red sails at night meant good sailing through the night...then red sails in morning....you should watch out for storms during the day.
And snappy isn't always necessary or easy to come up with .
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Sorry, a little wordy today.......okay a LOT wordy today. Beth
I know that saying because of the classic film: Practical Magic.
What?
I watch it for the hairography.
Yeah, heard it somewhere, retained it for no discernable (discernible?) reason, recall it every time I see a red sky... what a mysterious organ is the brain.
I heard it all the time, maybe cause I lived on a sailboat for three years. Also there's one that goes "Mackerel skies and Mares tails makes tall ships shorten sails"
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