Nice imagery, Elia.

Speaking of which, I'm trying to sort out all the folks here, so I've formed a mental picture: a guy in a striped referee shirt, paddling canoe, with telescope handy, Ipod with wide range of music...LOL The math/calculus/etc. I ignore since I never got past arthmetic. josh

The moon came up this evening before I left work. We have huge windows with a good view to the east. I made everyone come to the windows and look.

We were overcast. This morning it was a light snow, drifiting slowly down and blowing in patterns across the driveway.

The moon here is bringing out all kinds of animals at night and they are making a rukus. Last night something was on the prowl making a very strange sound. We're thinking it might have been a fisher.

Tell me about it Marda & one of the ones making a ruckus is my dog! A full moon just makes him crazy, or maybe it's making him crazy because it sets the coyotes to howling like banshees.

Every time we have a full moon, I'm reminded of the old Cat Stevens song "Moonshadow." I never related to what it meant until I moved to the country & actually saw them on full moon nights.

Coincidence that someone should mention this:

As I was walking back to the house this a.m. (4:30) from retrieving the paper, my moonshadow made me about jump out of my skin! It crept up behind me (I could see it from the corner of my eye) and then appeared on the door as I neared the house. OMG!!!! That's waaay too early for a scare.

Dorie

Cold clear nights,full moon coyotes yapping, yes it is good to be alive!

The Hunter's Moon illuminates the world tonight,
In an ethereal light that illustrates in back and white,
Orion rises in the east alright,
Signaling that it is a winter's night,
Smoke wafts leisurely from chimneys aglow,
Telling of faith and hope and warm hearts,
The cold invites one to snuggle in a handmade quilt,
With a beloved old pet by the hearth,
Sipping a toddy to warm one's bones,
Wondrous is the clear winter's night.

é by me....

Elia

The Hunter's Moon illuminates the world tonight,
In an ethereal light that illustrates in back and white,
Orion rises in the east alright,
Signaling that it is a winter's night,
Smoke wafts leisurely from chimneys aglow,
Telling of faith and hope and warm hearts,
Christmas light color the dark,
The cold invites one to snuggle in a handmade quilt,
With a beloved old pet by the hearth,
Sipping hot toddies that warm the bones,
Wondrous is the clear winter's night.

copyright, by me....