HAPPY NEW WEEK and HAPPY FULL, BLUE, SUPERMOON!
The moon turns full in:
LONDON, UK on 19 August at 7:25 p.m.
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA on 20 August at 3:55 a.m.
CALIFORNIA on 19 August at 11:25 a.m.
This moon is a rare event, because it's the first of 4 Supermoons (close to Earth) and it's a Blue moon (the 3rd of 4 full moons in a single season).
I hope it ushers in a good season for everyone. Love and hugs to all!
www.space.com/supermoon-blue-moon-august-2024-what-to-expect
Thank you Diane.
Granddaughter, Ms D and I went off to watch Space X's latest launch from Vandenberg Air Force base yesterday. Wonderfully clear day and perfect views of the launch (can't get near the base but had a good view as the rocket appeared over the hill). Big thrill for the kids, who hadn't seen one before, especially as the booster rocket returned to the lanch pad and not to the offshore landing site miles out to sea. Very, very loud launch and then a sonic boom followed by more noise when the booster rocket landed. Always a thrill. Then we went off shopping for Ms D, who needed some clothes and other supplies for school, which starts on Monday.
Hope all are well; have a good Sunday everyone.
The launch must have been exciting Annette.
Thank you Diane. I will look out for the full moon. I have just read that our sky is hazy at the moment due to the smoke from the Canadian wildfires arriving over here!!! Amazing! My friends in Calgary haven’t been golfing because it is too smoky. They are safe where they are. I hope you are feeling better with things now.
Annette - how fantastic for your family to see and hear a launch. Now back to school. It soon comes round.
No news here. No lunches out to report!! I am making slow but steady progress with my gardening projects. It’s actually very nice to have some quieter days. I have got a huge book on the go by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) It is a Strike (private detective) novel with 940 pages!!! It is very tense just now so I don’t read it in the evening. I am only just over half way through!!
RUSTY Finished that one recently, it is a good read. DIANE thank you for starting the week and hope you are feeling better. Annette what an amazing sight that must have been.
Rusty: Just finished The Running Grave by Galbraith. A great read. She has a new one - The Hallmarked Man - due out later this year. I find myself slowing down when I get near the end of a good book coz I want to make it last longer. Also just finished One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. The first a mystery, the second a story about a woman scientist in the 50's whose research is stolen by her male boss (among other themes). It's funny but all too true of those days before women's lib.
That’s the one I am reading Annette!!!! I will look out for the new one. Done gardening for today. Made some progress.
Thanks to Diane for starting us off, & news of the new Moon.
Annette - Certainly must be a thrill to see that event. Nice for you to go as a family trip.
We had a good day yesterday as a family party (my OHs family) and a gathering which was loosely based on my sis in laws birthday. All ages, and able to sit in a family garden as the weather cleared up just in time. We drank mostly Pimms and had a delicious "afternoon tea" type buffet at 3.30pm. Lots of chat all round, as younger members have exciting plans in life. Little Juno was there and got passed around once again. :-))
Rusty and annette That was the one I finished recently.. I will order the new one from the library as soon as I am able, thank you.
I tried to start a new book but got interrupted. Then found a cheap copy of one I've really wanted to read - strongly tempted to drop the current book & start the newer one!!
Meant to add to my post above, but got sidetracked. Will write more tomorrow.
Thought I had better bump us up. I have just come back from visiting my friend in the assisted living. She had a problem with her iPad which I have sorted. It wasn’t a problem really. She just didn’t know what she needed to do. I took her some sweet peas. Didn’t get much gardening done this morning before a heavy rain shower came.
Diane - I looked for the moon. I could see it but the haze was bad. It was red. I think that is something to do with the smoke too.