Wordless Wednesday

Blood Moon

Back in June we saw a blue moon - actually all this means is that there were two full moons in the one month and here in Sydney we had one June 1st and the other on the 30th June.

Tonight we will have a 'blood' moon - a total eclipse of the moon, the earth, sun and moon will be in perfect alignment; and if we are lucky the moon will turn anything from yellowish colour to blood red - no-one can predict what colour it will be until it happens, something to do with recent volcanic activity.

Anyway, it will be visible from anywhere in Australia this evening, early enough to take the kids out to see it and of course, much safer to look at than a solar eclipse!

Will have my camera ready and hopefully I can get some pictures but knowing my luck either there will be clouds at the important time or my photos will turn out black.

A few months ago I took Philip to see his parents in Newcastle and we stayed at a lovely motel in Charlestown. At dusk I was standing on the balcony and amazed to see hundreds of flying foxes (bats) so I grabbed my camera and took a pile of photos - guess what? Not one turned out!

I was so disappointed - don't know whether it was because it was getting dark or because the bats were flying swiftly - I wanted to show the family all the bats!

Anyway - tonight the moon will not be moving as fast ... lol - so I won't be able to blame non photos on that! If any turn out (don't hold your breath) I will post them tomorrow.

Degrees of Separation

I read with interest on Miss Frou Frou's blog her article on 6 degrees of separation and realised that I too have coincidences with people to brag about.

1. Many years ago I went to South America for a holiday (long before it was fashionable) and took a train ride and then a bus to Machu Picchu. There was only a couple of Indians, a dozen or two llamas and one other tourist there when I arrived and when meeting up with this person I asked him to take a picture for me with my camera. The person was an Australian and after many questions we discovered that he had gone to school with my elder sister!

2. My middle sister's husband joined the police force and in his class was the man I later married - not very strange but this is - Philip lived in Newcastle and when he came down to Sydney to join the Police he boarded in a house in Waterloo.

That house was the house my father grew up in and opposite the house my mother lived in.

There are other stories of strange connections that have occurred within my life but these two always stand out in my memory.

It really is a small world!!