The perfect night to capture the waning Strawberry moon...
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“Full strawberry moon,
~ Haiku by Patricia L. Cisco*
ushers in hot days of June,
high tides fill the dune,
hot sun rising soon,
fishing in the afternoon,
whistling my own tune!”
*Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/strawberry-moon
Psalm 8:3-4
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
The last supermoon of 2021 rises over the Atlantic on Thursday, June 24th, 2021…
Find out all about this month’s full moon and how to view it: *HERE.
By the way, the above *Old Farmer’s Almanac article cites the Cherokee when naming this month’s full ‘Green Corn’ moon. In the Southeastern United States, however, the Muscogee Creek Confederacy is more closely associated with the Green Corn Moon and Green Corn Festival. In the words of researcher Richard Thornton, “Each province and ethnic group within the Creek Confederacy determined its own date and rituals for the Green Corn Festival. The date of the festival generally coincided with the ripening of the roasting ears,”… and not necessarily with the cycle of the moon.
The golden smile of the waxing crescent appears like the grin of a playful cheshire cat. This photo was taken on September 6th, 2016. The ‘Harvest Moon’ appeared on September 16th. There was some debate as to whether it was a supermoon, but it was definitely big!
Patch.com published a nice piece on the waxing Harvest Moon in September 2016, and discussed its ‘supermoon’ status. Read it: HERE.
When I picture the moon in my mind’s eye, I immediately envision an orange ball of light sporting a contorted smile. Sometimes, I’m lucky enough to photograph it that way. This shot of the full ‘Sturgeon Moon’ was taken on August 7th in 2017. As it rose over the treetops, it looked a lot like a jack ‘o’ lantern…
Positively Moonstruck! 