Moose quote of the day “Why do reindeers get all the fun”?
A blog about art, astronomy and a garden shed. (Sometimes including references to life, paleontology, gastronomy, tropical fish keeping and the delights of the 5-string banjo)
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| The full Moon over Sands Lane Oulton Broad. compilation of two images taken with a Canon 600d DSLR and zoom lens at f=200mm. |
Racing clouds and the full Moon rising over the 'One Stop' shop on Sands Lane. Later, the clouds parted to show a very bright Jupiter leading the Moon across the sky and the constellation Orion striding across the south-east horizon. Sometimes the sky is packed with drama but sometimes it can be the calmest place to lose your troubles.
Andromeda, by Perseus sav'd and wed,
Hanker'd each day to see the Gorgon's head:
Till o'er a fount he held it, bade her lean,
And mirror'd in the wave was safely seen
That death she liv'd by.
Let not thine eyes know
Any forbidden thing itself, although
It once should save as well as kill: but be
Its shadow upon life enough for thee.
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI