The Total Eclipse

TEMPERATURE:
It became a steamy, hot day.
Before totality, it was 82.9º at 2:07
The temperature dropped as low as 76.9º at 2:48
It rose to 84.4º by the end of the eclipse at 4:01

The eclipse begins at 1:07, is maximum from 2:36-2:39, and ends at 4:02.

Temperatures are in red:

Start of partial eclipse 1:07
                                     2:07  82.9º

Start of total eclipse 2:36:49 77.9º

Maximum eclipse (MAX) :2:38
                                            2:48  76.9º

End of total eclipse 2:39:24
                                2:54 77.3º

End of partial eclipse 4:02  84.4º

WIND
There was very little wind today.  We had hoped to see changes, but we did not notice change in wind speed or direction.

ANIMALS:
D found a mud dauber this morning.  He kept returning to the same spot to gather some mud.  The soil was moist from the heavy, foggy dew.

 He disappeared midday, but returned during the shade of the eclipse to get some more.

 My guess is that this cricket bit the dust for non-eclipse-related reasons.

He's hanging out on the step.

SUN and SHADOWS
We enjoyed looking at the crescent suns in the dappled shade.

2:18 PM

2:19 PM

2:49 PM

We did try to see the crescent suns in the shadows of the grill on the chair:

(I missed hearing about the colander trick - there may be disadvantages to getting rid of TV.)

LIGHT AND DARKNESS:
It was fascinating as the light changed.  For a while it felt like we should remove sunglasses (but we were not wearing sunglasses!)

Alas, the iPhone compensated for the changing light, so I don't have much to show.
This was in totality:

It was too dark to read a newspaper.  The birds got quiet.  The midges came out and swarmed around.   (The dog is sitting with his back to me but close to D.)