Moon

September 26, 2007 The Harvest Moon is riding high over my garden right now, growing smaller and smaller as it rises into the cloudless, black sky. It shines brighter than last month’s—beautiful to the naked eye, but making for a flatter, less interesting photo. Almost a paper moon. But who ...

August 28, 2007 I missed the lunar eclipse early this morning, but this is how the full moon looks tonight. Ah, la luna! It’s called Green Corn Moon this month, but also Sturgeon, Grain, or Red Moon. Setting up the sprinkler in the garden this evening, I noticed a spotlight ...

October 11, 2006 The Harvest Moon rose orange over the treetops last Friday. What a beautiful October moon! (Photo by June Tarr) To continue our full-moon appreciation, on Sunday evening we attended Zilker Garden’s Japanese Moon Festival. As dusk fell, we strolled through the Japanese garden, down to the moon ...