February Moon Magic

Last night after dinner I thought I would take a drive to find the moon.

I went down my street for a few miles and turned right. 

Then I saw it, a beautiful magenta moon coming up over the local country market. 

I quickly pulled over in an Amish farm driveway and started snapping. Within minutes it had gone from red to orange to golden. You can even see in the middle photos as it's making the transition, rising above the atmospheric particles that give it the red color to our eyes. 

Here's what it looks like when a car passes, kind of neat.

And two shots of the moon a few days earlier before it was full. 

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Mr. Owl and the Christmas Moon

There's a great hiking path near me and I was told 2 weeks ago I would see a lot of owls. 

Well, I did but I didn't have my camera with me. 

Fast forward to tonight and I am so happy I was able to get a few shots!

‎"To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and 

dancing shadows."

 ~ John F. Carlson

The full moon was incredible tonight. At first it was really orange, much more so that this photo. 

This is the Christmas moon or also called yule moon, long night moon, bitter moon or, in English medieval times, the oak moon. 

Another woodland creature I recently came across...

Super Moon!

The super 'perigree' moon on Saturday was as big as she's been in 18 years. I got a few neat shots the night before. I had the lighting on my camera set to 'tungsten' and got this shot that made her look blue.

Then, I eagerly awaited her appearance on Saturday night when she was at her fullest.

At first I had to drive out to meet her since she wasn't visable from my backyard.

She was an awesome shade of orange as she rose above the horizon.

Ever wonder why the moon is orange?

Click here for the answer.

About 30 minutes later she was golden.

And then a beautiful silvery white before I went to bed.

I hope you had a chance to see the full perigree moon.

If you want to be blown away by some really neat full moon photos, click here!

Where have I been?

It's not like me to go a week without writing a blog post but I've just been so busy lately!

So what have I been doing...

Watching sunsets and harvest moons.

...and fireworks.

Taking my niece and nephew with us to the Delaware Art Museum

...and marvelling over their Pre-Raphaelite collection.

Painting the a Sleepy Hollow scene for

Rock Ford Plantation's Headless Horseman Ball!

...and an apple bobbing Appaloosa to go on Ebay soon.

Besides that, walking the kiddo to pre-school in the morning, getting out the Halloween decorations, sculpting some pumpkins and painting pendants for a local gallery's Halloween show, nursing a bad cold and wishing the rain would stop because my paints won't dry!

Happy Day to all!

Harvest Moon & Music

That orbed maiden, with white fire laden,
Whom mortals call the moon.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
We had a spectacular harvest moon last night. I took Zoe to the park in the evening to play but really it was because I didn't want to miss the moon rise. I was blown away when I saw it coming up from behind a gorgeous old white barn. I have to paint this someday! My mom says it looks like something Andrew Wyeth would have painted. I have to agree.


And when I woke up in the morning and was sitting in my studio, checking my email, the moon was right outside my window! I couldn't believe it was still out. I am in love with the moon. What is it that draws us to it? Something magical I think.

Morning moon.


I've been working on a new playlist for my blog. I didn't select the autostart function so you'll have to scroll down my right sidebar and hit play. I'm not a huge fan of autostart music on blogs. I'm often listening to my music and opening several windows at once. I don't like to hear a jumbled up mix of music from other blogs over top of my own. So, the first three songs I'm totally nuts over lately. If you listen to them, let me know what you think. The first song makes me want to cry although I've never lived in Brooklyn.

Lastly, I'm getting rid of the Entrecard ad widget on my sidebar this week. It was a fun experiment. I met a lot of wonderful bloggers through Entrecard but they are changing their rules, making us show ads we don't approve of. I don't like blogs that have a ton of ads anyway so buh, bye Entrecard.

If you are a blogger and would like to swap links with me, please let me know. I like art, photography, horses, gardening and Halloween. If you have a blog about polictics, religion, etc. or if you don't blog frequently, please don't ask to exchange links. You must add my link in order for me to reciprocate. Thank you!

Raven's Moon

I just finished a very cool cafe sign today and had to share.
Check it out on Ebay...