Hello grandmother moon

 Grandmother moon said hi to me in the night, so I went for the phone's camera.

Fuzzy one with the buildings showing.

Amazing how I could see the leaves on trees as well as bright moon, July 2, 2019.  I know the moon was also full last night, because she woke me up again. This time I said hi, and went back to sleep.

Moony madness

You can't imagine what it was like driving down a highway going directly into the sun for a while...wearing sunglasses and putting my hand in front of my eyes.  I waited for 5 minutes and it was gone.  (Waiting meant stopping for a soda in a drive-through.)

Then an hour later, driving the other direction going into the moon, it was amazing how big it was.  These were taken when I wasn't driving!  Actually the night before full.

Full moon Aug 7th

Some folks (not in the USA) got to see a partial eclipse of the full moon earlier in the day/night.

I missed seeing the moon at all, because Black Mountain was host to many lovely clouds, and occasional rain.  However...she said with a Cheshire Cat grin, I took photos of the moon both on the 3rd and the 5th, when it actually woke me up shining in my window.  It doesn't often do that, so I did my grin, grabbed the Nikon CoolPix, and went out on the balcony to get a clear shot.

It's amazing that on Aug. 3, it looked this full.  But it was really humid, so there's a great fuzziness to it thanks to mountain air.

August 5, with clouds scudding along, the moon was much brighter.  And still 2 days away from full.  I was happy, and this is maybe the best moon photo I've taken yet...so far!

Moon Madness

Just enjoyed looking at it, no dancing nude around a bonfire (this time.)

Taking a photo through windows with double panes, tinted also! Great to see a ghost of the moon looking over it's shoulder!

 Through a screen isn't much better.

And an attempt to stand on a balcony left me without any brace for the camera.  I gave up and went to bed and dreamed my full-moon madness dreams. But I won't share them here!

But I would love for you to see what another blogger has said about this moon...HERE.
...including a great Carl Sagan quote.

"The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we've learned most of what we know. Recently, we've waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

Moon madness

Have you ever noticed how much the moon affects your life?
Well, if you lived by a large body of water (lake, ocean) you'd know by tides.

And if you're a woman who has a monthly "period" you know by your own inner clockwork that you flow at about the same time every month.  I'm past that phase of my life and into cronehood now, but oh my, I do remember those days!  And before the guys all turn away from this topic with which I guess they either cope or they don't...that's not what my post is about.

Madness, however might be.  There have been old-wives tales for as long as there has been history (and before) about how the full moon would cause more behaviors that were on the outer verge of sanity.  Last week a full moon rose and was called a blue moon, just because the calendar said there were 2 full moons in the same month.  It's more a function of having a month with 31 days than anything the moon did.

And last week a relative wrote me a sad email which bordered on insanity.  I wasn't able to answer it.  I was disturbed by it however.  I think how many people have creative urges that are considered crazy, they live life in ways not considered "normal"...and some of these people end up institutionalized.  These days an institution is really left as a last resort, only if someone is in danger to themselves or others, or just can't function in society in any way (eat, sleep, walk around).  We all read about the violence that exists in our world these days, much of which is blamed on mental illness.  Well, I don't watch news on TV, or even via my electronics most of the time, but my friends are making comments on Facebook, so the news trickles down to me eventually.

They.  The people who don't exist, and never have.  THEY can't do anything about it.  There are assumptions in my life (and yours) that something should be done about the people who are mentally imbalanced.  But THEY don't do a thing.  THEY can't.  And I don't believe at this point we can either.  It's all just unravelling...and the bellwethers of those with fragile ego existence, who hear things or see things, or imagine things that have never happened, these poor beings are just flying away.  Their tenuous hold on reality is let loose.

Moon madness is among us.  With or without a moon.

Quote for today:

Where there is great love there are always miracles.

Willa Cather