"The Midnight Skies..."

...these past few nights

have been set abloom in a soft indigo glow

lit by our latest, seemingly "humongous", full moon.

Known as the "Wolf Moon"

this name was given the first full moon in January

by Native Americans.

You can read

all about the names and the mystique

of the rest of the year's

full moons here.

Isn't it beautiful to see something we consider so familiar

blossoming in a brand new light.

Mmmm!

Mother Nature certainly can put on a show!

Happy Blooming Tuesday and night all!

"Once Upon a Blue Moon..."

...a New Year and a new decade will arrive.

"The last day of 2009 is a doozy --

triply auspicious.

Not only is it the eve of a new year,

a new decade no less,

there will be a full moon,

a lunar eclipse

and

a blue moon to boot.
When a month is graced with two full moons,

the second one is called a blue moon."

Source: Donna Henes...Huffington Post

"The New Year's Eve blue moon will be visible

in the United States, Canada,

Europe, South America and Africa.

For party goers in Australia and Asia,

the full moon does not show up until New Year's Day,

making January

a blue moon month for them.
However,

the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate

with a partial lunar eclipse on New Year's Eve

when part of the moon enters the Earth's shadow.

The eclipse

will not be visible in the Americas."

Source: Associated Press

Wherever you may celebrate this New Year's Eve

enjoy yourself, be safe,

and

maybe take a moment

to just glance up at the last full moon

of this decade...

and simply

smile at her universal beauty.

:)

"Whoa-oh-oh, oooh..."

OOOOOH MY!

Did YOU see it this week???

Wow! Oh my, oh MY!!

It was glorious and clear and enormous

and totally breathtaking

as viewed here

in the open Arizona desert!

Hmmm...What am I talkin' 'bout???

Well...

"There's a (moon out tonight) whoa-oh-oh, oooh

Let's go strollin'

There's a (girl in my heart) whoa-oh-oh, oooh

Whose heart I've stolen

There's a moon out tonight (whoa-oh-oh, oooh)

Let's go strollin' through the park

(ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh)"

~Words and Music By

Al Striano, Joe Luccisano and Al Gentile

Sung by the Capris

(Reached #3 on the Billboard Charts 1961)
and...

it looked just like this

...and, I can't stop singing this song!

...whoa-0h-oh, oooh...:)

"aaahOOOW...ow, ow...O-OOOW..."

Happy Cactus Monday!

“There are nights when the wolves are silent

and only the moon howls.”
~George Carlin