“NEVER IN A ‘BLUE MOON’!”
You better rethink and recant what you might have promised/threatened in the past that you’d say or do “never in a blue moon’!
The moon is in its perigee orbit (closest to the earth); its apogee the furthest. Average distance is 238,000 miles.
According to Wikipedia: “A blue moon is a thirteenth full moon in a year. Most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days compared to the lunar year of 12 lunations. The extra days accumulate, so every two or three years (7 times in the 19-year Metonic cycle), there is an extra full moon. Lunisolar calendars have rules on when to insert such an intercalary of embolismic (“leap”) month, and what name it is given; e.g. in the Hebrew calendar the month Adar is duplicated. The term “blue moon” comes from folk lore. Different traditions and conventions place the extra “blue” full moon at different times in the year.” For more info about the moon, cut and paste: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
Well, there’s been a full ‘blue moon’ out bright and clear the last couple nights. What a sight! It is hugh, reflecting on the clear ice of Kelly Lake.
I see the “Kelly Lake Webmeister”, Steve, was checking out the site and took a snapshot with the web cam of the event (see entry a ways below). Great shot by Shirley, but ya gotta see for real! Roger
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General Posts | Roger Birr January 31, 2010 | 
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