That is what the full moon in July is called. It seems each full moon has a different name. It was lovely and so reminded me of the movie "Moonstruck" which is one of my favorite movies of all times. With a bow to a dear friend I was chatting with this fine evening, it is indeed the largest full moon of the year. What happens though is that the Harvest Moon falls in September or October and often gets that tag line, but indeed that is only because the moon is closer to the earth. Go figure. But just know that
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's Amore!
I was in bed gearing up for a night's sleep and when the moon began to rise, I just could not stop looking at it. The picture above is of it rising over the Amazon.com headquarters building and I must say that in a series of like 12 pictures, this is the only one I even kept to provide a memory of what I saw that evening and it is not that good and for that I do apologize. Now below is a professional picture of the July full moon taken in 2008 and it is stunning. Should you be interested what follows after the picture is a complete listing of all the full moons of the year and what they are called and this was information I found on the the internet from the Farmer's Almanac with full thanks and acknowledgement.
Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. There was some variation in the Moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior. European settlers followed that custom and created some of their own names. Since the lunar month is only 29 days long on the average, the full Moon dates shift from year to year. Here is the Farmers Almanac’s list of the full Moon names.
• Full Wolf Moon – January
Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January’s full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon.
• Full Snow Moon – February
Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February’s full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult.
• Full Worm Moon – March
As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter.
• Full Pink Moon – April
This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month’s celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.
• Full Flower Moon – May
In most areas, flowers are abundant everywhere during this time. Thus, the name of this Moon. Other names include the Full Corn Planting Moon, or the Milk Moon.
• Full Strawberry Moon – June
This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry!
• The Full Buck Moon – July
July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another name for this month’s Moon was the Full Hay Moon.
• Full Sturgeon Moon – August
The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because, as the Moon rises, it appears reddish through any sultry haze. It was also called the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon.
• Full Corn Moon – September
This full moon’s name is attributed to Native Americans because it marked when corn was supposed to be harvested. Most often, the September full moon is actually the Harvest Moon.
• Full Harvest Moon – October
This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice the chief Indian staples are now ready for gathering.
• Full Beaver Moon – November
This was the time to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another interpretation suggests that the name Full Beaver Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively preparing for winter. It is sometimes also referred to as the Frosty Moon.
• The Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon – December
During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low Sun.
There are times in life that planned activities do not turn out as planned or expected...this did not happen last night at Bastille Cafe. Can you say amazing!? Seriously. A full review with photos will be posted this evening, but for now just know that for a couple of hours last night I was in Paris. Photo by Cornichon.
I just thought it was cool. and in front of it is a silver framed picture of yes, another man's back side. Behind that is a wonderful ivory milking pitcher I got year's ago from Spiegel Catalog, Chicago, 60609. Yup, still remember that tag line from years ago. Well, Spiegel went bankrupt and I have kept it as a memory. Next to that is a picture out of the Dievx Dv Stade 2004 calendar and still my favorite of all time. In front of him to the left is a glass holder with rocks and a candle to have on hand if power goes out, simple as that. Looks nice and blends in. Finally at the far right is a spiral preserved plant I got a few years back because I just travel too darn much. And it works. No muss, no fuss! Boy, is this taking so much longer than I thought and heck we have not even made it to the HUGE Crayola Crayon on the side that I brought all the way back from New York City when I moved to Portland in 1992. But hey, I am so getting ahead of myself and we have to move on to the rest of the story. We're walking, we're walking, keep up with the tour please...
OK, so now on to the shelves and top shelf left to right the first cube has a whole lot of travel books I have collected over the years and just can't part with. I am such a sucker for books. In front of them is a picture of me as "The Mardi Gras King of Queens" that I dressed up as at a faerie gathering one year and supposedly single-handily am responsible for the entire destruction of the sea-turtle and dolphin population in the Breitenbush River. (Yes, this is a running joke, don't take life so seriously!) There is a bejeweled miniature grand piano I picked up at the Liberace museum this year and well, it works. 
Finally there is a blue glass goblet that you can see to the right and it was the cover picture and Jeff gave it to me as a total surprise gift for my 50th birthday. Totally blown away and love it! Next cubicle holds a tin that Meier & Frank issued when The Portland Building opened. It was a gift from Hardy Myers, Jr. His father was Speaker of the House and a nice guy, while his Mom wanted to be so nice and yet was just a bit high strung even for me. Oh well, moving along there is a great picture of Mom & Dad on their wedding day back in June of 1953. Next to that is a small wooden box that I love and for the life of me cannot remember who gave it to me. In the center is a stack of books to get to with a ceramic apple on top I got from a guy who ran a shop on Christopher Street Shop with his partner. Paul Belardo was his name and he was a hoot. Always had a story to share and we talked for hours. I have a glass table that came from his shop and I bet there is another trinket or two around here from then. In front of that is a Shaker oval box that is filled with a lot of "stuff" that I enjoy pulling out every year or so and going through and yet will not let go of, go figure. And on top of the box is a ceramic gecko I found on the Copper River Canyon trip. Next to all of this is a vase I got from an old friend in NYC and the only piece of Baccarat but it holds something even more valuable and that is a collection of agates and rocks my Grandfather Joe gave me. He was the only grand parent I got to know on my Mom's side of the family (Platko).
The blank space leads to a cherished gift as it was the last thing David Jackson ever gave to me. A modern fruit bowl. He died all too young this year just days before his 39th birthday. I am still stunned. The next two cubes have a lot of Christmas books and snow globes. I do love snow globes, but not the glitter ones - ICK! Finally on the bottom are more Art Books and Cook Books in the first cube and the next two hold baskets which are filled with saved treasures. Then a cube filled with books that you cannot see due to the big chair and then a cub filled with all the rest of my Christmas books and DVD's. There is also this cool replica of that art column that stands outside Powell's Books in Portland. It is supposedly the 12 books that influenced Michael Powell the most over his life. See the real deal here. And so we have reached the end of another really long post. Oh my! The bi chair was a gift from Mich and I love it. The pillow on the chair is one I found at a florist in Portland and is a tribute to NYC and one that just makes me smile every time I look at it. Hopefully you have made it to the end and are not too exhausted. Cheers!
Have you ever gotten up and thought it was a day that had yet to happen? That is what happened yesterday when I woke up and thought it was Saturday and just was taking my time and puttering and then poof, the cold reality was thrust upon me that it was 7:30am on a Friday and I am usually in my office by then. So I kick it into high gear and got ready and to the office by 8:10am and am sure I broke at least one law in doing so!
I was in bed gearing up for a night's sleep and when the moon began to rise, I just could not stop looking at it. The picture above is of it rising over the Amazon.com headquarters building and I must say that in a series of like 12 pictures, this is the only one I even kept to provide a memory of what I saw that evening and it is not that good and for that I do apologize. Now below is a professional picture of the July full moon taken in 2008 and it is stunning. Should you be interested what follows after the picture is a complete listing of all the full moons of the year and what they are called and this was information I found on the the internet from the Farmer's Almanac with full thanks and acknowledgement.
Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. There was some variation in the Moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior. European settlers followed that custom and created some of their own names. Since the lunar month is only 29 days long on the average, the full Moon dates shift from year to year. Here is the Farmers Almanac’s list of the full Moon names.
Oh yes, everyone is all excited about happy sun and all the fun that you get to have now that it is out and all the fun things that can be done in the sun. No worries, it is all good. Oh sure, it is all good, but ask my event coordinator in Dallas who is home resting in a dark room as he is all sun burned and feeling nasty and such. He thought all was good, had not been burned this summer until the canoeing event Sunday and all the sun and reflection off the water = hello! People, Mr. Sun is not some innocent little orb in the sky. It is a mass of molten hot goo that is just edging to throw a solar flare our way and mess up cell phone service and GPS units everywhere. It is not our friend. It is our enemy.
