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According to Yahoo News, tonight’s full moon is the biggest and brightest of the year! The Native American’s referred to it as a Wolf Moon, presumably because of the amount of howling courtesy of their local wolves. I took Astronomy about 15 years ago at Rancho Santiago College and I really wish I could remember more from that class because the heaven’s are quite fascinating. But for now, I’ll just have to take pictures of the moon.
One of the things that my family loves to do is to go grab a quick Starbucks and then walk the dog around Balboa Island. We’ve been doing it since our kids were in strollers. Actually, Shell and I have been walking around the Island since we were dating. It’s just one of those things that we always do and for some reason it never seems to get old. So occasionally I bring my camera along and grab a few photos here and there, which is what I did the other night. I brought my little tripod and I set it up at a few different points and took some night shots of the homes and water.
I can only sit inside the house for so long before I start going totally nuts. So fortunately I have a pretty good rain jacket. I’ve lived here in Orange County for most of my life and I can remember maybe one other time that it’s rained this much, and I think it was around ’96 when we had a pretty crazy El Nino year. But I like it…it’s something different. I wouldn’t like it if my house was sliding off a hill or a 6 foot wall of mud was oozing it’s way into my living room.
Despite the fact that she is a Lab mix, and she likes to swim, my dog hates the rain.
You gotta keep your eyes peeled for the really amazing moments in between storms!
