Istanbul

I've borrowed this photo from my daughter
Lila—the magical blue hour, with
a full moon rising over the Bosphorus.

[Linking back to Blue Monday at Backyard Neighbor.]

Skywatch Friday

A midnight sky in south Florida:
moon and stars and (ever-present) contrails.

Here's what that moon looked like
when the clouds moved away.

[To see more Skywatch pics, go here.]

Thursday Challenge—"round"

I actually snapped this big, round rising moon
back in August when I was out in Montauk (the name
of Long Island's primary Native American tribe).
The August moon got its name (the sturgeon moon)
from fishing tribes, but I prefer its secondary name:
the red moon.  Very fitting and much more
romantic—Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

Cold Moon

Today is the December full moon,
called the full cold moon (and sometimes
 the full long nights moon). Did you know
that each full moon has a name?
I learned about it from the Farmers Almanac.

[Today is Skywatch Friday. To see more, go here.]