I was greeted with a splendid view as I made my way downstairs this morning … the Moon settling into the clouds and trees to our west. Later, Luna sank into thin clouds and I tried a photo of that, convinced it would be mysterious. It wasn't as appealing as this image. I continue to be impressed by the automatic capabilities of the little Canon PowerShot A650 IS. I know I'm repeating myself but it's pretty amazing to me how good a job that camera can do with difficult subjects and conditions. The base exposure was perfect capturing evidence of the Moon's shadowy "seas" on the bright disk. I made some adjustments in GIMP. It is predicted to be a mostly cloudy, stormy, hot, humid weekend so this will probably be the extent of my astronomy. Holding out hope for clear skies for the mid-week Perseids meteor shower — more on that later!
PhotonStopper 
I repeat myself also when I rave about my PowerShot – and so much lighter than the DSLR (also a Canon in my case). The manservant is playing astro-dweeb in Hawaii – with hurricane Felicia heading towards them their seeing is sure to deteriorate.
I'm feeling disloyal, somehow, to my trusty (and much larger) Fuji FinePix S7000. This PowerShot, though. I was, and still am, thinking about getting the PowerShot G10 but the A650 is so good I don't know yet if I'd gain that much!I'm guessing he's at Mona Kea. Whoa! Must be nice. Felicia looks pretty big on the IR satellite. Is "manservant" going to hunker down there if the storm tracks as predicted?
They actually observe remotely from Waimea now – so it won't be as bad as being stranded at altitude. Felicia is likely to ruin a few nights for them though.