I was hoping for a clear sky this evening, but not. The Hunter’s Moon did peak out at one point, but not enough to light up my view of the Okatie River. Still, a beauty of an evening 🙂 My favorite star gazing web site says:The Hunter’s Moon highlights the sky tonight. In most years […]
Category Archives: Stargazing
Shine On, You Harvest Moon
Here I thought I’d be plein air sketching the Harvest Moon in my own yard, but instead Rob and I were able to spend a lovely evening with our friends, Kate and Don, at their home on the May River. Kate and I sat on the swing that hangs under a giant pine while I […]
Reminder…. It’s Harvest Moon Time
Yes, this Saturday, October 3rd. Be there or be square 🙂 Can’t wait to see it rise over my palm tree horizon. Yes, I plan to do a crepuscular sketch 🙂 Just for the fun of it I Googled ‘songs about the moon’ – gracious! 55,900,000 entries! Here’s a link to Moon Songs and Lyrics, […]
See you in September…… well maybe October
My favorite constellation, Orion, was just above the tree line this evening. By next week it will be gone from my view of the night sky. Farewell for now Orion. I will miss our evening visits.
Gibbous Moon
Learned a new word today. I may have heard of it before, long, long ago in high school but, it’s new to me today 🙂 ‘Gibbous‘ Moon. Off to the dictionary. Ah ha! It means that the moon is larger than a semi-circle but not at big as a circle. Better yet is the word […]
The Long Night Moon
Just came in from the afternoon dog walk (5:43 p.m.) and the full moon was already high in the sky. It didn’t seem that close to full last night, on the ‘last call’ dog walk, and I was surprised. Time is going by too fast! So, off to my favorite star gazing site again to […]
