Evening brings love,
Night brings rest
It also welcomes the Moon
in every guise
Courtesy: Bustle and Sew Blog
Asian People see the Moon Rabbit
pounding the elixir of immortality
from the lunar cassia tree
Here the shy crescent in my shot.
" Moon! Moon!
I am prone before you.
Pity me,
and drench me in
loneliness. "
Amy Lowell
This smashing shot of the brewery building (top pic)
courtesy of my friend Filip
Artist Evelyn De Morgan
created this image that draws
on other historic views
of the Lunar Crescent.
You may view & purchase her work
“In the crook of the crescent moon
sits the Holy Lady,
with strong muscles and a merciful heart.
She kicks her splendid legs
like the moon is her swing
and the sky, her front porch.”
Rebecca Wells
Divine Secrets of the YA-YA Sisterhood
So Why is the moon
that I'm shooting
laying back,
while the classic crescent moon
depicted in Europe
is vertical?
Our blog friend, Reader Wil
explains that
the closer you get
to the equator
the more horizontal
the moon reposes.
Who Knew? !
I must have noticed this
when I moved to Hawaii
a quarter century ago
but never realized this fact
until now!
How often,
I wonder,
do
things and people
we see every day
carry wonders
that
we never notice?
Share YOUr opinion
in comments
&
Thanks for visiting!
Warmly, cloudia
29 comments:
You ask an impossible to answer question in that if we don't notice something we don't know what we are missing it. Yet I would say quite often, which is why there is so much turmoil over inconsequential things.
平常心 !
The Ordinary mind is probably the best way !
It seems to be only when we take the time to stop and look at the 'ordinary, everyday things' that we realise how extra-ordinary they are.
I always love the moon and look up at it every night. Your shots are beautiful.
I love that brewery half moon.
Neat post, Cloudia!
Several would argue that even if «Louis'» moon is lazy, it is not as lazy as he is...
Cloudia...
Always special!
Makes sense - about the crescent moon, I think. It's too early to wrap my brain around it.
What? No pictures and quotes from Newty about his moon colonies. For shame ;)
I'd sure like to be lazy under the moon!
All bout the moon today? I am waiting for Mooncake Festival! LOL!
I took a photo of the same moon yesterday...it is what it is...right?
i have to read nietzsche, than i can give the answer. lol!
...also i like the dark side of the moon, not pink floyd:)
that's interesting!
Thanks for sharing all these interesting moon facts! Now I have to stop mooning and get ready for work!
We tend as a people to become so used to what surrounds us that we take it for granted and often miss what is right there beside us .. keep your eyes AND mind wide open
Oh yes they do, and the discovery can be so enlighting....But beware of those that miss the moons around you! Sadly, even those closest to us miss so much at times.
I do like your Moons expressed here!..and the wonder about the moon is so mysterious, so much to know and discover about the moon... :)
I was looking at exactly the same thing last night Cloudia, but my crescent moon is definitely a little more upright!
I love the moon. Nice that you honor it here.
I guess there are so many things we do not notice - the wonders in nature, people and the moon.
Happy Mo(o)nday Cloudia! ;)
Nice picture with the girl in the moon. Thanks for the link to my blog.
Greetings,
Filip
Bonza photos and quote by Rebecca Wells
But, but, but...sometimes the moon is sitting upright, and sometimes it's on it's back...or I'm drinkin' too much moonshine in Kansas...the farmers say your reposing moon is a "dry" moon because it catches the rain, so the fields are dry...DrumMajor
what a cool garden of remarks!
thank YOU
Wow! I didn't know that about the moon. I also didn't know about the moon rabbit. What fun!
Aloha, Kay :-)
Lovely post, as ever, sistah!
I find taking photos helps me notice the world around me, don't you?
There are those who say that we often focus on the photos, and the task of photography, rather than that which we are viewing, e.g., child's graduation.
But not in nature. I love your moons!
You said it!!
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