Cigar Time

 Sunday,  September 22, 2024

Perfect day for a cocktail and a cigar in the backyard. 

It's been an above average September temperature-wise. Previous months this summer were pleasantly average. Today we finally got some weather that appears as if fall may be approaching. 

Nice to get a leather jacket weather kind of day. 

Harvest Moon

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Squeezed in a Romeo y Julieta before dinner tonight. Dale joined me in the back yard. It was very pleasant out but it's really getting darker so much earlier now. 

Took a walk after dinner and caught a glimpse of the Harvest Moon which peaked yesterday morning. Can NOT believe tomorrow is the 1st of October. 

Full Moon

Friday, September 13, 2019

My, it's been awhile since I've written here. Tonight's the full moon and I've heard it's the first one on Friday the 13th in nearly 20 years (Oct. 13, 2000). Dale tells me there won't be another one for about 30 more (August 13, 2049). Cloudy all day today but the sky finally cleared this evening. The moon is visible and it's beautiful. 

Then there's this...

And, whoa, was it a doozy.

Here's a picture of the full moon sent to me by my friend Warren. He's staying at his parent's lake place. 

Full Moon - Monday, Sept. 8, 2014

The September full moon is called the Full Corn Moon or, sometimes, the Full Barley Moon as it corresponds to the corn or barley harvest. Today would have been Dad's 73 birthday.

Harvest Moon

Full moon this morning. Took the photo from which this image is derived last night.

September 29, 2012 - Full Moon

This a treated version of a photograph I took of the full moon over our street.

The following is from The Old Farmer's Almanac:

"This month we also celebrate what we call a Harvest Moon, which is the full Moon nearest the autumnal equinox. It can occur in September or October and is bright enough to allow finishing all the harvest chores. The Full Harvest Moon is different than all our other full Moons. Around this date, the Moon rises at almost the same time for a number of nights in our northern latitudes."