full moon and jupiter

if you go out and look up jupiter is directly below the full moon ( yeah i know not completely full till tomorrow)
i came in for the camera and by the time i got out there it was clouding up..grrrrrrr..

any way..really cool that bright star is jupiter

http://www.shadowandsubstance.com/

Overcast here too Sky, hopefully clears up :(

Oh, forgot...

Don't forget to eat your mooncakes !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooncake

Chomping on a redbean mooncake now

We can see it well up here in hockey land. There is a large ring around the moon tonight also.

Very nice.

Red bean mooncake, you must have a local shop that makes them S.

I've been seeing it here in Texas the last couple of nights, beautiful indeed.

i have been blown away by the skies here for days ...
clouds, thunder, lightning, moonrise, bright objects
(i am sorry to say, i have never learned the sky map
and do not know what's what cept for the moon and
the big dipper and the milky way)
***
example: yesterday, when i pulled into B&J's house to
prepare their love dinner, my top was down and there
were some dark-bottomed thunderheads in the sky, but
it was mostly clear and sunny, and there were lotsa white fluffy clouds,
too, so i left it down when i went inside ... working in the kitchen, i
noticed the light go dim, looked out the window into one of those dark clouds
and went out to put top up, just in case ...
***
when i finished cooking and said my goodbyes to jack, i went to the car,
the skies were 50 - 50, so i put the top down and proceeded
home ... not two minutes later, as i turned onto the main road
heading north, a big ole drop hit my sunglasses and more started
falling, i was under just the edge of one of the dark clouds ... i was only
minutes away from my door and the choice ws to pull over and put my top up,
or not ...
***
NOT
***
i giggled as i rolled down the road and wondered what the people in oncoming
cars thought, and it made me happy to know i didn't care - my goal was to
make it through the door before that cloud drifted overhead and opened up ...
***
i was lucky - coincidentally, the long dirt road, "around the clubhouse turn",
the final stretch, had been graded that morning ... so i was able to drive a bit faster
and smoother without the washboard effect ...
***
i made it! i pulled into the driveway, parked in front of the steps, got out, put
the top up and hurried up the stairs ... just as i put the key in the lock, a huge
clap of thunder, and as i turned toward the sound, an awesome rainbow ...
and i appreciated and was grateful for that moment of magic, i slipped inside
the house, still laughing ...
***
later on, as the sun began to set, the moon rose full and bright over clouds
reflecting the light from the west ... another awesome display for my viewing enjoyment
***
this morning when i looked out, there was frost, for the first time - it wasn't
cold enough to freeze the water in the outside cat dish, but for the first frost, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

ahh Hippie
isn't life just a wonderous thing....

i went out to take pics of the fog rolling in last night..right before dusk
we haven't had rain in a long time and the storm came thur and then the fog rolled in
i luv fog..so out i went and after a few shots of fog








i turned around and looked at the chestnut tree and saw some of the hulls were open so i went to see if any chestnuts were on the ground




and there were sooooooooooooo many my shirt wouldn't hold them so i had to go get a basket
and as i picked them up i just marveled at how something so small as picking up chestnuts could make me so happy

chestnut tree taken from the house



what i got last night (dark becaue i forgot to turn off the flash..sorry)
and that many more this morning




and even happier later as we wolfed down some hot chestnuts rolled in the butter..ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

so i walked around the house and took a few shots of the moon





and the dog..i have no idea what he was looking at
had to use the flash since he is sooooo black..and so funny


and just walked around taking pics here and there in the dark
i luv this one cause you can see the tomatoes in the dark..lol



and thought the entire time how lucky i was and how happy

then later when i heard shooting i came out and saw the moon and jupiter and ran for the camera only to come back out to clouds..
sigh
and the shooting was the cops doing night shooting at a gun range two hills over..don't usually hear them but it was just that clear

and here you are posting about being happy....so i had to say
i soooo agree..living in the moment is it

Thanks sky, that was one full flavoured adventure packed in one day.

finally got a pic....or two












it's really better seen in person..so i hope you go out and look up

Last night when the clouds finally moved on I was amazed with how bright it was. Tonight it's too overcast to get a view. Nice pictures.

Nights like that in your pics sky are just the ones I like, just the night to have one of those interstellar craft hovering.