Super special

15 11 2024

Lovely lady Rowan, glowing gold under the rising, almost-full beaver supermoon.

The gorgeousity of the natural world comes in SO many different forms. Some obvious and spectacular; some subtle and stunning.

In Spring Creek Basin, we’re blessed to have gorgeousity in all directions … and even in the great vault of heaven over Earth.

Tonight is actually the full moon; the pic was taken last night, and the sky was clear blue and pink alpenglow pastels within probably about half an hour after I first spotted the curve of it rising over the northeastern basin horizon. It always ends up looking black in the images because the moon is SO bright and beautiful.

Get out and enjoy it. 🙂





Moon over Disappointment

16 09 2024

From Chrome’s Point in Spring Creek Basin, I watched the moon rise last night.

There’s a lot going on with our lunar neighbor this month, according to NASA. According to that linked article’s headline, “the next full moon (Tuesday) is a partial lunar eclipse; a supermoon, the corn moon, and the harvest moon.” That’s a hard-working moon!

It’s been rising over our horizons for generations untold. Still so amazing and mysterious and beautiful.





Nothin’ but blue

22 04 2024

By the time I realized the nearly-full moon was rising, it was well up.

Still gorgeous!

(Not bad for cell-phone pix, eh?)





‘Pink moon’ rising golden

8 04 2023

April’s full moon is known as the “pink moon” for pink flowers in the phlox variety that bloom in April. It’s also the first full moon after the start of spring, which was March 20, which makes it the paschal full moon, which is the full moon before Easter Sunday.

Phlox (I don’t know the exact kind) is usually the first tiny wildflower that blooms in Spring Creek Basin. I haven’t seen any yet, but with the warm temps and the winter moisture, it can’t be long. Phlox here is usually white, but it also sometimes takes on a pale pink blush. … Pink moon, indeed. 🙂