Though we are well into August, my heart often drifts back to the evening of July 31st and the rising of our second full moon or the blue moon. The sun is setting very close to the moon rising. I wasn’t the only one settling in for the wait. A small group has gathered at the Seaview Rd beach access on Mayne Island. We wait and we watch until the first sliver becomes visible and then a substantial slice of the moon can be seen on the horizon.

I sigh and click away. It has the promise of being a real beauty!

Even the seagulls seemed to have stopped flapping about and sit still on a log for a few minutes as the not-so-blue-moon appears to slide up into the sky.

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Eventually, the sky is dark enough and the moon is high enough to give us a one of those good old moon reflections.

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Darkness settles as Blue Moon rises. I am glad I brought a jacket as I watch and savour the wonder.

 

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Then it is time to pack up the camera and the moment but the memory is one that will be revisited many times – way more times than once in a blue moon!

 

What is going to be YOUR next once-in-a-blue-moon experience?

 

Note: all of these images are available in high-resolution. I have chosen three to release at this time. But if one of the others takes your fancy just let me know and I can make it available.

 

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Creative Potager – Visit with painter and photographer Terrill Welch

From Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada

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