Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Autumnal Icon
You know those old-time Halloween illustrations showing a witch silhouetted in front of a huge full moon? You'll get a chance to see a huge full moon later this week, but if you see a witch gliding in front of it I'd like to hear about it.
I swear the full moons are bigger in the midwest, but perhaps it's just the way it looks over the flat horizon there. I've read about the moon illusion, but it's more fun to just look at it and believe it's bigger when lower in the sky. However, this month's full moon (aka the Hunter's Moon) really is going to be larger. The moon makes its closest approach to Earth this calendar year very close to the time of the full moon.
So far, our autumn has been hardly distinguishable from summer. I'm not complaining (too much) but I'm ready to start cleaning up the garden and planting bulbs, and my weather cues tell me it's too soon for those tasks. Maybe the full moon will bring a change.
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