Now is the very witching hour of night. Where are the night owls?

[Aristus]

[mr_lebowski]

1. Here w/you late on Friday night as always my man ...

[Aristus]

3. Good to see you, sir!

[flying_wahini]

2. Still online.

[Aristus]

4. Nice to see you.

Fort Worth is one of the most appealing of the Texas accents.

I speak in a dragging San Antonio accent when I'm drunk.

[DBoon]

5. You mean the Superb Owls?

nt

[Aristus]

6. Hey, if an owl is superb,

he deserves a jet flyover and 80% of the broadcast traffic for the day...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Hooo.

[Aristus]

9. Good to see you...

[cilla4progress]

8. Present and

UNaccounted for, Sir, Your Honor, Sir!!

[Aristus]

10. Stand at ease...

[cilla4progress]

11. Ahhhh...!

Glad for the weekend!

Welcome aboard!

[Aristus]

14. It's good to be here.

Two patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

Fighting the good fight...

[cilla4progress]

37. Oh my...

stay safe, Aristus!!

[yellowdogintexas]

12. Here in Fort Worth TX

I am now and have always been a confirmed nightowl
I tell all my friends that if they have insomnia they can always call or text me. Sometimes it is just a long chat on Facebook or texting.

It is just worse since COVID

[Aristus]

15. Fort Worth is my favorite of the Texas accents.

See? Anybody raised outside of Texas wouldn't understand that. There are many different accents in Texas, and Forth Worth is one of my favorites.

[TexasTowelie]

20. Yes, I've been asked by other Texans where I'm from due to my accent.

I grew up with the South Texas drawl where people talk slow. It's an interesting contrast from the East Texas accent which is closer to that heard in the other "confederate" states.

Just waking up from an evening nap and about to raid the fridge for a bottle of Purple Haze.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. We're still here...

[Aristus]

16. Keep on keeping on.

If I could choose to be a bird, I'd be an owl. No question about it...

[Harker]

17. Ignoring Doris Miller...

[Rhiannon12866]

19. No longer...

I was dealing with Bill Maher since it's Friday.

[Midnight Writer]

18. I'm up for the night. Not unusual for me.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

21. Hoot.

Here on DU tonight

[Aristus]

23. Welcome...

[diva77]

22. Now that the streets are deserted around here, an owl has established itself in a tree

at a previously busy intersection. Such a soothing sound.

What happens at the witching hour?

[Aristus]

24. It depends on where you are when the hour comes.

I've been deep in the woods as the midnight hour struck.

There's something primal about being so far from artificial light, warmth, comfort, certainty.

Something entrancing about the silence, the slow, unhurried nighttime breeze ruffling the leaves.

Something slightly disconcerting about wondering if something is behind you.

Something exhilarating about being awake when everyone else is asleep and snug in their beds.

[diva77]

25. A beautifully composed answer with eloquent prose. Thank you!

[Aristus]

26. Pretty good, huh?

Only using two brain cells, too...

[diva77]

27. haha! all of a sudden I am reminded of something said by the character played by Rip Torn in

in "Defending your life"

[Aristus]

28. Yeah, fun film.

something about circling the square.

It's been thirty years since I've seen the film...

[Laffy Kat]

29. I'm here. I don't even think about bed until 2:00 or so.

[Aristus]

30. I'm thinking about it pretty soon.

But mostly because I try to get some reading in before I crash...

[IrishEyes]

31. I'm here. I have insomnia all the time.

[cvoogt]

32. I have lunch for breakfast

.. on weekends, anyway.

[love_katz]

33. Still up f.

[fierywoman]

34. Eccomi qua!

[Skittles]

35. here

[Kaleva]

36. Got the dishwasher going, paid bills, updated registers and budget, made shopping list,

updated my daily things to do list and got homemade meatloaf thawing on the kitchen counter. Going to hand wash the dishes that can't be put in the dishwasher or won't fit.

Exhausted from raking the yard yesterday and working in the vegetable garden, I went to bed early last night and already have my 6 hours of sleep in.

I'll head to town when it starts getting light to rake the yard at the small house, do some shopping when the store opens up and then deposit money at the bank.