SOLSTICE
What a treat – a full-moon-on-a-solstice day… . The last light of the day (rather than the first light of the moon) meant it wasn’t dark at 10.20pm. Wandered through the park with the land smelling leafy and earthy, the silhouette of a distant fox visible, and a warm breeze stirring in the trees. Best of all: the moon, as big and bright and full and low in the sky, as it could be.
I chatted about this at work with a very keen astronomer (shipping clerk by day; stargazer at night). He’s very knowledgeable and has Patrick Moore's home phone number. Sitting at his desk in an open plan office, he rotated a bright pink, “stress busting” toy pig (representing the moon) around a plastic globe of the earth. Much mirth among colleagues at this. Like a scene from The Office.
What a treat – a full-moon-on-a-solstice day… . The last light of the day (rather than the first light of the moon) meant it wasn’t dark at 10.20pm. Wandered through the park with the land smelling leafy and earthy, the silhouette of a distant fox visible, and a warm breeze stirring in the trees. Best of all: the moon, as big and bright and full and low in the sky, as it could be.
I chatted about this at work with a very keen astronomer (shipping clerk by day; stargazer at night). He’s very knowledgeable and has Patrick Moore's home phone number. Sitting at his desk in an open plan office, he rotated a bright pink, “stress busting” toy pig (representing the moon) around a plastic globe of the earth. Much mirth among colleagues at this. Like a scene from The Office.
