As we began the final month in the year of our Lord 2021, a sliver moon called at dawn. I answered with my iPhone and we had a rather colorful conversation before sunrise.
Morning Moon Calling
Tag: Sliver moon
Poetry & Song
I’m so excited and honored that my poem A Walk In Winter was featured on MasticadoresUsa // Editora: Gabriela Marie Milton today. Thank you, Gabriela!
Criag, who is a member of Tristan’s Tribe, recorded a wonderful unplugged cover of I Sat By The Ocean. Tristan painted a watercolor for the song.
Watercolor by Tristan Price.
Moon Watches Venus Surf
Sliver moon watches
Venus surf dark clouds at dusk
Over black laced trees
Like dark crescent moons
Black leaves dangle mockingly
Sliver moon shines bright
Naked from north winds
Branches stretching towards sky
Mimics clouds at dusk
Penultimate Moon
Penultimate moon rises
Waning crescent thinly lit
Winks one last time before
Waking opposite Uranus
That makes one distant, impulsive
Seeing Mercury sextile Venus
Scorpio on the border with
Virgo, Libra
Procession of equinoxes
Ofrenda
Wink
Moonrise with a wink
Lashes lost in lunar glow
Smiling eye looks on
Stuck in Haiku’s grasp
Attempted a normal verse
Equaled seventeen
Moon Smiles
Moon smiles above tattered clouds
Morning Glories climb greet sun
Rays pierce dewdrops
Drying nocturnal tears
Summer prepares its winter’s bed
Time to call it a season
Water & Roses
Finally got some more water to irrigate. Many of our roses and iris will be very happy.
Tuscan Sun
Canada Rose for Resa, Dale, Rebecca and Gigi
Major Tom Peepers, Sleepy and Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa, inspired by Tabatha Towhee’s performance the other day, tries doing a little Owlet Opera singing.
Mona Lisa hitting the high notes. She was a real hoot.
Mona Lisa bowed and thanked everyone.
Falstaff
Double Delight doubly delighted by back lighting from the sun.
Betty Boop
Cherry Parfait
Sliver Moon
Pre-sunset
Landings
“How do you like my impersonation of a Crane?” Oh, Spunk! I think you look more like Chupacabra. “What do you know stupid Paparazzo?”
“We think Spunk looks a lot like a Crane.” Who asked you Daddy and Mama Owls?
Sandhill Cranes landing at sunset. Another colorful sunset. The sliver moon was just above the trees after sunset.
Crows, Moon, Mia’s Tree, Tangle Heart Tree
Crows over cranes at dusk.
Crows, crane, Sliver Moon over Mia’s Tree.
Intermission: Daddy owl hooted at me in the dark and got my attention. +2 stops made for an interesting exposure.
Crows and Sliver Moon.
An alignment of Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity, a plane, and the Sliver Moon under the Tangle Heart Tree. Saturn is trying to shine through the clouds above Jupiter.
Moon & Venus On The Rise
Moon & Venus rising at 6:00 am.
I woke up at 5:45 am this morning to a sliver moon peeking through the window and Venus hanging out in the trees. I got up, put on shoes, checked the temp, 18º F outside, grabbed my camera, and headed out into the cold and dark. I took a series of photos of the moon and Venus rising over the next hour.
6:22 am
6:23 am
6:25 am using a different exposure.
6:25 am
6:40 am
6:41 am
6:44 am
7:00 am
Venus had disappeared and the moon was just barely a sliver as the sun was getting ready to rise at 7:03 am.
The moon had faded to a tiny sliver by 7:04 am.
Off Center & Not Even 