The first ever drawing I did of the things (click the way back button to see and see how much I've improved) was

Today we stared at the sun until we went blind, it was a good day.

As I'm writing thing I'm listening to the NASA live stream and watching the eclipse through a pinhole projector made out a water cracker. It lasts for hours. So check it out if you have blue skies in North America (you'll get a partial eclipse at least), in a way that does not make you go bind. And everyone can watch the stream :-)

Transcript

Many characters from the things, and extras! A smiling moon has almost finished crossing the sun.

Today we stared at the sun until it went away and came back again.

It was a good day.

Chuffles: hello moon.

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