Moon Behind Trees Clouds - Photograph

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I took those photographs last night as the sun was setting.

Moon Waxing 89 Percent - Photograph

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I took that photograph as the sun was setting. The sky was pink in the East, and the moon was visible above the trees. The full moon will be on December 4, 2025.

Moon Behind Trees - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week. There was a thin cloud cover, giving the moon a mysterious look.

Moon Behind Trees - Photograph

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I took those photographs this past week.

"Celestial Tarot" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph a few months ago.

Moon Behind Pine Tree - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

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THE PINE LADY

O have you seen the Pine Lady,
Or heard her how she sings?
Have you heard her play
Your soul away
On a harp with moonbeam strings?
In a palace all of the night-black pine
She hides like a queen all day,
Till a moonbeam knocks
On her secret tree,
And she opens her door
With a silver key,
While the village clocks
Are striking bed
Nine times sleepily.

O come and hear the Pine Lady
Up in the haunted wood!
The stars are rising, the moths are flitting,
The owls are calling,
The dew is falling;
And, high in the boughs
Of her haunted house,
The moon and she are sitting.

Out on the moor the night-jar drones
Rough-throated love,
The beetle comes
With his sudden drums,
And many a silent unseen thing
Frightens your cheek with its ghostly wing;
While there above,
In a palace builded of needles and cones,
The pine is telling the moon her love,
Telling her love on the moonbeam strings -
O have you seen the Pine Lady,
Or heard her how she sings?

Richard LeGallienne (1866-1947)

Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

Misty Waning Gibbous Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this morning. The almost full moon is waning gibbous. There was a thin cloud cover over it, giving it this misty, distorted appearance.

Moon Behind Tree Leaves - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

Waning Almost Full Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph of the waning almost Full Moon in the early morning hours.

Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

Yellow Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

CT Partial Total Solar Eclipse - Photograph

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I took those photographs close to the peak time of the total solar eclipse yesterday. It was only a "partial" eclipse (about 90%) where I am in Connecticut US. It got dimmer, but not dark. I could hear birds chirping normally, so they didn't seem to notice any changes in the amount of sunlight.

Waning Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this past week.

Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this morning.

Moon - Photograph

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I took that photograph this morning. Today is 123123 (12/31/23), and this will probably be my last blog post for 2023.