Look at these photos of the eclipse my daughter Sofia caught, hand-held, with her iPhone 14.  If you look carefully, at about 10 o'clock above the shadowed globe of the moon on the sun's crescent image, you'll see some brown dots -- a set of sunspots 😀   Had my 4" refractor setup in the front yard driveway for the amusement of my daughters, neighbors and self.  The girls managed to snap off something respectable under the circumstances.

    Maya was able to capture this near the maximum for us in Lubbock (88.97% coverage)
Below, Maya is in the process of getting images like the one above, and clicking on the second picture surveys the impromptu neighborhood eclipse party that developed in Maya's four second whirl of a video.

But I get ahead of myself.  I was conflicted about what to do for the October 14^th Annular Eclipse.  I considered going to the Mescalero Sands New Mexico area most Club members ventured to, but the sleep setup there was too odd for me — the Sands are not tent-friendly and the nearest motel was at least 35 minutes away and I'd never been there.  Driven by it many times on the way to Roswell/Ruidoso, but never into it.  Also, when I checked TheSkyLive.com, found being in the path of annularity only gained me one more percent of coverage than I'd get right at home.  And nobody in my family wanted to go, so I just decided to stay put.

On eclipse day I had intended to join other Club members who didn't go to Mescalero Sands at a large gathering in the City to show the public.  As the Partial Eclipse started, I'd packed my car, but an interesting development unfolded before my eyes.  As often happens with eclipses, the unwashed masses get more interested once they're actually involved, and the innocent eclipse sunglasses I'd bought from our Club to commemorate the event (and provide a miniscule amount of funding) had worked their magic.  My daughters, who tend to approach astronomy with a yawn were suddenly fascinated by the disappearing act Sol was putting on with the help of Luna.  Crescent suns — made for some very cool shadows.
 Apparently too cool to ignore.
And who can deny his own offspring the astronomical excitement of a nice, 88.9% partial eclipse?  Not me, so I unpacked the car and setup the refractor in the front driveway.  Soon neighbors walked over to get a peek and the Eclipse Party began!

My AstroTech 102ED and Meade 25mm HD-60 eyepiece produce a nice, wide 2° true field of view at 28-½ power.  The sun or the full moon, either, take about ½ a degree in the sky, so the partial eclipse spectacle fit comfortably into the view for the eye.

We had a nice Annular (if only 88.9% partial) eclipse here in Lubbock.  It was somewhat cooler and dimmer at maximum, though not as spectacular as the Total Eclipse of 2017, which we were lucky to catch just northeast of Nashville.  Still, it was fun and recommend anyone who can, check out a partial eclipse should the opportunity arise.  You'll be glad you did.  Ciao amigos.