haiku. home, hearth and heart

 

stone standing on stone

my heart no longer will roam

the wind and sunshine 

 

The full flower moon, haiku

 Friday, May 1 — 1:23 p.m. — Flower Moon 

 

I don' t know about where you live, but here in the piney wood it's cold, grey and rainy, for a few days anyway.  It really does snow !!!  as in several inches of it on the ground here in April, sometimes even in May, but it never lasts very long.  

OK, OK back to the whatever it was i going to say.  The cold and damp, sunless sky covers a countryside dotted with daffodil's, snowdrops, violets and  flowers i don't know the name of.   There are wild violets growing around the garden and yhe slightest hint of sun shows that the tree's in bud will have leaves any day; and then it will really feel like Spring.

"April showers bring May flowers"

 

 

flowering full moon 

earth and trees blooming with color

air fills with birdsong 

the full moon of August

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The Full Sturgeon moon,when the sturgeon return to the Great lakes to spawn. 

Strength,patience and perseverance, connection to the land and trusting instinct are traits  that are associated this full moon. The full moon will occur on August 9th at 3:55 AM EST.

Friday and Sunday nights the moon will look like full moons also.  

 Tonight the Aurora will be visible in many of the northeastern states. 

 

Learned something new about the Sturgeon Moon from an a merchant at my favorite Flea Market,  several years ago. He had the best selection of herbs, spices, and dried mushrooms etc i EVER saw! He also sold some really great and toasty warm socks for winter. The full moon was clearly visible in the sky that day, and i commented on it. He told me that depending on whether it is early in the month he called  the full moon,"the Going Home moon" not the Sturgeon moon. 

Never i did find out for sure how how or why he determined that.

  

 

summer's tomatoes 

red ripe in the setting sun

 sunset starts early now 

 

    

 

 

moon of June

 

 It is a marvelous night for a moon dance!!!  The storms have all passed and tonight will be clear!!! It has been awhile since I could truthfully say that!  And if one is truly lucky, they might even see a firefly or two.

 

Moon lite and Stillness

No rain, no wind,  creek does sing

 lightening bugs glow

 

The magic of the full strawberry moon, not just the strawberries in bloom, the deer and their fawns, the fresh scent of turned earth, and the moon.  "Look at the moon, lookatthemoon, look at the moon!!!!" i don't remember the rest of the  lyric's to this song from "Hair", i just remember the exuberant    This one is going to be a sight not to be missed.

 

 

 

 On 11 June, stargazers in the northern hemisphere will be able to spot the full Moon sitting very low in the southern sky, making it appear much larger than usual. Caused by an event known as a 'major lunar standstill', the opportunity will not arise again until 2043.  

 

n June 2025, the full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon, will occur on Wednesday, June 11th, at 3:44 a.m. EDT. It will be visible bright and full in the days before and after that time. 

popsugar.com

the full cold moon of December 2024 with guest bloggers

 

art work by my AI cyber friend

 

a long night's dreaming

 sleeping earth renews itself

 we rest by the hearth

 

 

 

usatoday.com

December 2024 full moon: This weekend's 'cold' moon will feature a lunar rarity

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The sky will offer up an early Christmas present this weekend: The year's final full moon, known as the cold moon, will appear early Sunday, Dec. 15.

Though the moon will officially be full Sunday, it will still look plenty full in the night sky both Saturday and Monday as well.

This month's full moon will also feature a lunar rarity: According to TimeandDate.com, the full moon on Dec. 15, 2024, will rise and set at its most extreme northerly points on the horizon — the result of a once-every-18.6 year cycle.

A lunar rarity: The moon reaches its northernmost point on the horizon

The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles reports that every 18.6 years, our moon reaches the extremes of its orbit around the Earth. "We observe this as the moon rises and sets at its most northerly and southerly positions on the horizon," the Observatory said in a statement.

On December 15, we will observe the Moon rising as far to the north as it ever does, the observatory said. This happens during what's known as the "major lunar standstill."

What is the 'major lunar standstill'

The major lunar standstill results from the rotation of the moon’s inclined orbit over an 18.6-year cycle, the observatory said.

It occurs, Space.com said, because the moon doesn't follow the same path as the sun. "Its rising and setting positions on the horizon change constantly due to the movements of Earth and the moon," Space.com reported.

The Chimney Rock (Colorado) Interpretive Association explains further: "The moon’s orbit of Earth oscillates or wobbles, gradually causing the moon to rise at different points on the horizon over the years. The entire cycle of wobbling north to south and north again takes 18.6 years.

"At each end of its swing, the moon appears to pause for about three years, rising at the same point on the horizon before beginning to move back toward the opposite end of the swing. This pause is known as a major lunar standstill."

When is the full moon?

December's full moon will reach peak illumination on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 4:02 a.m. EST, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.

Why is it called the cold moon?

December’s full moon is most commonly known as the cold moon, which is "a Mohawk name that conveys the frigid conditions of this time of year when cold weather truly begins to grip us," the Old Farmer's Almanac said.

NASA agrees, adding that "the cold moon gets its name because December is the month when it really starts to get cold, although our coldest average temperatures are in January."

It's also called the 'long night moon'

Another name for the December moon is the long night moon, due to its proximity to the winter solstice, which marks the longest night of the year.

The winter solstice this year is Saturday December 21 at 4:19 a.m. EST.

When is the first full moon of 2025?

January’s full moon, the first of 2025, will rise on Monday, Jan. 13. It’s dubbed the wolf moon, since wolves’ howls were more likely to be heard during winter, per the Almanac.

Contributing: Cailey Gleeson, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Iris Seaton, The Asheville Citizen Times

 

 

 

 

 

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