§ To the Moon, Anni...

A few months ago, Earth experienced a "Super moon"...and I was there, outdoors, photographing it as it appeared over the bay downtown and then again when we arrived back home. My post about this phenomenon is HERE. On Tuesday evening, and Wednesday, we on Earth were encountering what science has termed "micro-moon". This month's moon is the smallest of the year. By that I mean, it is about 30,000  miles [50,000 kilometers] farther away in our atmosphere than when a super moon occurs. But, what has caught my eye is at nightfall this month there has been a very incredible bright 'star' in the east just after sunset. And that 'star' is Jupiter. On Tuesday evening, after we came home and as I was about to shut the garage door down, I got out the camera and snapped these two photos; facing East  --click to  enlarge for more detail

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Full view of the night sky with the Moon & the planet Jupiter to its left

Making use of the zoom lens to capture the craters and shadows of the moon

...another image of the wonders of nature...
Previously I shared the Brown Pelican. Today, I spotted this reflection of an American White Pelican on the mirror-like pond, it was like everything surrounding it was immovable, a still-life... and had to photograph it to share with y'all--

Did y'all read the last of my Wednesday post...regarding the Denver Broncos Championship game this Sunday afternoon? Just to get into the spirit of things, I redid my toenails in Bronco Blue and Orange Crush!!! My feet aren't dirty, that's tan lines. LOLOL

..and lastly this week, I mentioned I finished my sketch of my grandson - drawn from my favorite photo of him from long ago when he was just a babe!! Now consider that he was born with Down Syndrome, and just having him sit on his own was a feat worth raving over. But, to have him be so vain [comes with the bloodline I guess *wink] as to sit in front of the mirror while visiting with his great grandmother at her home just boggled my mind. That he could be in control of his muscles and coordination at such a young age after physical therapy so well; well enough to hold on to his hair brush and brush his hair blew me away. Besides, he was a cute little booger!! Okay, 'nough grandma talk. I went down and had a evergreen mat with black trim around the opening and placed my drawing there behind it, with a red maple wood frame---

My favorite photo of Clint -c. 1990 & beginning of sketch

Continuing the sketch & Half-way done...

...to the finished & framed sketch!!

Sidebar Linking to:  Thursday Thoughts, Friday Fragments, Random 5 Friday, Camera Critters, Saturday's Critters, Alphabet Thursday [today- the letter "i" as seen in my post with bold text], Skywatch Friday