Tuesday 29 March 2022

Finding the Worm Moon

Thursday 17 March 

Thankfully I remembered in time to check the date and time of the full moon, for the month of March. We had had lots of cloudy weather, so I hadn't seen the moon's waxing progress. 

The 98% full moon was to rise at 5.30 pm. I patiently scanned the horizon for nearly half an hour, before it managed to peak out from behind the thick, horizon cloud cover. It was a case of now you see it, now you don't, for a good ten minutes. It was well worth the wait to catch it sitting on the powerlines and in such  breathtaking sunset colours.






I was awake at 5 am the following morning. On peaking outside to a clear skyline, I decided an early walk with the setting moon would be just the thing. I was so right!

Refection on the golf pond at 5.30 am.

View west.

View east.



At this point I have left the golf course and am walking a suburban street.







Last sighting for the morning. 

That afternoon, neighbour Laurel and I sat and waited expectantly, for well over half an hour for the moon's arrival. The cloud cover seemed never ending so we returned inside. I'm sure it was only another 5 minutes before I spotted it rising in its full glory! Too late, dinner was served.

The kookaburras have been calling more often than usual.


These orchids always flower in March. Such happy colours.

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12 comments:

  1. Hollywood movies for years featured Kookaburras and Peacocks as the sounds of the "Jungle". What the heck, we didn't know the difference. Super pictures-- lots of cute ideas with the moon, Helen!

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    1. A very interesting fact Bill, re 'Jungle' sounds.

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  2. Love the moon shots, especially the bird to the side. The “view east” is gorgeous! And the kookaburra is priceless. Such a goofy looking though precious bird. Gotta love that beak!

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  3. It looks like you would have had much fun taking photos while playing with the perspective of the moon! With a steady eye and hand you captured it perfectly sitting on the wires!

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    1. Thanks Alexandra. It was fun but the walking does slow down.

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  4. Some stunning close up moon shots there. That Kookaburra looks a bit ragged!

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    1. The wind blown look, Andy. Thanks for all your comments.

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  5. What lovely photos of the moon! That's something that I can't seem to master, but I certainly enjoyed yours. And, as I've said before, I always like seeing photos of the kookaburras because of a song we used to sing at 4-H song time. Why a bunch of kids in Kansas were singing about a kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree is beyond me!

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    1. The zoom on my camera, definitely helps.
      This kookaburra rhyme has a lovely lilt to it and the kookaburra is such an unusal bird it is not surprising that it is sung world wide. Our school children learn rhymes from all around the world too.

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  6. Those pictures are amazing! We saw the moon while backpacking but could not capture it.

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  7. Mary, your moon sighting in the desert would have been quite special.

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