First moon: 2012
Last night, the sky was clear, the moon was bright and the stars were thick in the night sky. The eve of the new year.
Today, was clear and sunny. It was colder than it has been – actually normal cold of mid-20’s but it felt colder since it has been so mild.
Tonight, first night of 2012, the quarter moon is fuzzy in cloud cover. Fog is forecast for late tonight and early tomorrow.
Bear and I puttered in the woods as dusk turned to dark. After a bit he laid down in a small patch of snow. I sat on the front porch and we enjoyed a companionable sharing of the night. The quarter moon had risen mid-afternoon and now, was shining through the trees, muted…with no snow to reflect its soft light.
But through the camera lens, drawing the moon close with all the zoom I have…the moon was bright through the branches.
First moon: 2012