Sky Watch Friday?

These are the Koosh pillows that survived the trip through the washing machine. Bethany's old, yellow tube pillow did not. For the past two and a half years it has made its home on Hannah's bed but this morning met its demise submerged in a soapy appliance. This particular pillow has managed several other cleanings but today suffered a mortal wound while submerged in the sudsy depths. Bleeding micro-pellets from a gash in its side, it finally gave up the struggle and expired. Upon returning to the washing machine, I opened the lid to find gobs of pure white grains of... styrofoam? (I think that's what micro-pellets are made of.) This thick wet mess had made its way throughout the entire load and attached itself to both a blanket and a pillowcase, as well as the surviving pillows and several articles of clothing. I scooped handfuls of weightless "sand" from my machine and placed the contaminated laundry in a plastic hamper. I dared not take a photograph. Out in the backyard I shook the remaining offense out into the grass and hung the wet items on the clothesline before returning to the house where I vacuumed the remaining pellets from my washing machine. I did my best to clean the machine but my next load of laundry revealed a trace of "sand" also.