Sunday, July 5, 2015

July 1 Half Summer Moon


Tonight we spent another night in the garden, tending to weeds and harvests of greens. Just as we were getting ready to leave, we noticed the full moon rising over a line of pine trees. This month's moon is known by many as the half-summer moon, which seems like a warning to us that the cold is approaching soon. But we won't worry, since the summer solstice was a mere 11 days ago, and school-goers still have a solid 2 months of summer vacation! As the next 2 weeks pass, we'll watch this moon wane, with darkness slowly gaining from right to left. After a night of a new moon, we then get to see next month's wild ricing moon wax for 2 weeks, with light gaining from right to left until that moon is full. By then, we'll still be tending to weeds and harvests!

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