A Photo of November's Full Moon
We were out in the yard trying to capture the glory of the November moon back on the 11th. As the Winter season approaches, the moon conveniently rises higher in the sky, to seemingly compensate for the lower arc of the sun, as it migrates farther into the Southern half of the sky,
The darker and longer shadows of the day as the angle of light lowers in the sky is a sobering reminder of the approach of the Winter season. The days shorten, but then the moon moves higher, and around the full moon, it shines more brightly and longer. This month's moon is also referred to as the "Hunter's Moon", presumably because the folks who used to hunt would use the long nights to fill their larders for the approach of the cold weather. We have been watching the squirrels, and when we put out some seed for the birds, they are right there to gobble it up. And when we are taking our books to the Post Office in the early pre-dawn hours, we have to drive slowly and keep a watchful eye for deer, since they also are more active in the cooler weather of Fall (that would be Autumn for or British visitors).
This month's photo was taken in the later part of the evening, and we shot the moon through some leaves in a tree, which we thought would look artistic. It appears to us, that it is more like a pinkish tunnel through a tunnel of leaves. The camera seems to have picked up the distance to the tree leaves and photographed them in focus, with the sphere of the moon behind it more of a fuzzy glow than a circle. It is something we like to do however, since it marks the passing of a lunar month, and after a few full moons, we are in a different season.
The darker and longer shadows of the day as the angle of light lowers in the sky is a sobering reminder of the approach of the Winter season. The days shorten, but then the moon moves higher, and around the full moon, it shines more brightly and longer. This month's moon is also referred to as the "Hunter's Moon", presumably because the folks who used to hunt would use the long nights to fill their larders for the approach of the cold weather. We have been watching the squirrels, and when we put out some seed for the birds, they are right there to gobble it up. And when we are taking our books to the Post Office in the early pre-dawn hours, we have to drive slowly and keep a watchful eye for deer, since they also are more active in the cooler weather of Fall (that would be Autumn for or British visitors).
This month's photo was taken in the later part of the evening, and we shot the moon through some leaves in a tree, which we thought would look artistic. It appears to us, that it is more like a pinkish tunnel through a tunnel of leaves. The camera seems to have picked up the distance to the tree leaves and photographed them in focus, with the sphere of the moon behind it more of a fuzzy glow than a circle. It is something we like to do however, since it marks the passing of a lunar month, and after a few full moons, we are in a different season.
We have been posting new material, mostly books on our websites, but at a slower rate, since we are reorganizing a lot of our merchandise. We have been finding new material that has been stacked up without being made available on-line, so we are trying to straighten up the premises, but this results in duller blog entries, but stacking up books and culling old inventory is not exactly riveting reading. Unless you are looking for a serene and faultless blog entry. In which case, we are moving at a meditative pace, reviewing bills and receipts from days gone by, going through unsold books and preparing them for sale, and of course providing quick shipping for any sales that come our way. Today we reduced our prices on a variety of merchandise, though we hesitate to call it a "sale", since in the online book business, we are just realigning our prices to keep things competitive. We spent some time revising our "Grey Owl" book description, after an observant online customer drew our attention that "Grey Owl" was actually from Great Britain.
We had a 1938 book which was an extract of his earlier works on the North American wilderness. After reviewing the Wikipedia entry about him, we discovered that after his death, there were people who began to dispute his "Native American" heritage, but he was so popular and influential they made some documentaries about is undoubtedly interesting life. So we had to go back and change our description to reflect modern scholarship. Here is the book description via a clickable picture link by Grey Owl on our website:
And if you want to read more about this interesting, what we will politely call "colorful character" you can click the Wikipedia link below. We see in the Wikipedia entry that he claimed to be born in Hermosillo, Mexico, and his parents were a couple of performers in Bill Hickock's legendary "Wild West Show" that supposedly had toured in Hermosillo back in the 1880s..
That reminds us of what we used to tell our little flock of brothers and sisters when they were toddlers, that they had been dropped off on our doorstep by a traveling circus that had passed through town, but that is a tall story for another day. When you live in Texas, a tall story may be just a slight exaggeration for dramatic effect.
We had a 1938 book which was an extract of his earlier works on the North American wilderness. After reviewing the Wikipedia entry about him, we discovered that after his death, there were people who began to dispute his "Native American" heritage, but he was so popular and influential they made some documentaries about is undoubtedly interesting life. So we had to go back and change our description to reflect modern scholarship. Here is the book description via a clickable picture link by Grey Owl on our website:
And if you want to read more about this interesting, what we will politely call "colorful character" you can click the Wikipedia link below. We see in the Wikipedia entry that he claimed to be born in Hermosillo, Mexico, and his parents were a couple of performers in Bill Hickock's legendary "Wild West Show" that supposedly had toured in Hermosillo back in the 1880s..
That reminds us of what we used to tell our little flock of brothers and sisters when they were toddlers, that they had been dropped off on our doorstep by a traveling circus that had passed through town, but that is a tall story for another day. When you live in Texas, a tall story may be just a slight exaggeration for dramatic effect.
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