Poetry Monday :: The Moon Tonight ~ Updated with Photo

Poetry Monday is a blogging game invented long ago. Mimi of Messymimi's Meanderings and I are keeping it alive until Diane @ On the Border returns home from her break of health and relaxation, travelling the world with her husband as far as we can tell.

We just hope she's going to take back over once she returns home.

The prompts now come from 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group. This is a Facebook group with a prompt for each day of the year, but no worries, the prompts will still be here and at Mimi's blog.

Today's prompt is: The Moon Tonight

The Moon at 7 pm.

The moon tonight
looks clear and bright -
at least I hope it will

It'll rise and shine
for me and mine
and sit upon the mill.

Then later on,
when night is gone
It settles on the hill

A little while
then dip and smile.
Give way for morning chill.

- - - - - - - - - - Coming Themes  - - - - - -

taken from the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group.

Apr 6 Passover
Apr 13 Fabulous
Apr 20 Superhero
Apr 27 Plaid
May 4 Back pack
May 11 Futuristic landscape

Sunday selections :: Let it SNOW!

Sidste uge - 🕯🕯- Last week

På indkøb - Vores rådhus. - 6. december - Shopping - Our Town hall!

Kvart i fire - på vej hjem med bussen - 6. december - A quarter to four - on my way home by bus

Det sneede! - 7. december - Let it snow!

Snefnuggene blev hængt op - 7. december - Someone hung the snow ornaments

og vi fik snevafler - 7. december - and we had snow waffles

Dem her kom indenfor. Der var is i sodavandene
- 7 december -
I took these inside, the soft drinks were partially frozen.

Torsdag var det fuldmåne og koldt. - 8. december - Thursday the full moon shone and it was cold.

Jeg foldede og flettede et par numre af Ugeposten til at stille planter på
- 8. december -
I folded and wove together some issues of the local paper. Making "trivets / mats" for the plants.

Yuzutræet kom også ind. Det skulle nok have været ind sammen med laurbærrene, jeg håber det overlever. Nu har de i hvert fald begge en avisflettet ting at stå på.
 - 8. december -
The yuzu plant has joined the laurel inside. I should probably have taken it inside earlier, and hope it survives. At least both now have a nice newspaper mats to stand on.

En dejlig solnedgang - 8. december - A most delicious sunset

Ved mit gamle Vejen hjem-træ, månen ser stadig fuld ud
- 9. december -
At the On my Way Home-tree. The moon still looks full.

Det sneede igen, og vores æbler var et tag selv bord
- 10. december -
Again snow. Our apples were a buffet for birds.

Solsorte - 10. december - Blackbirds

og sjaggere - 10. december - and fieldfares

Den er også flot bagfra - 10. december - It's also pretty from behind.

2021 i billeder

 Januar bød på sne og sol

In January we had snow and sunshine

I februar var det minus 12 grader, og vi kunne kælke på det lokale gadekær.

In February it was cold, minus 12 degrees, and we went playing on the local pond.

Marts bragte foråret med sig. Vi blev sluppet ud og holdt nogle længe ventede fødselsdage.

In March spring came with a vengeance, we were let out of isolation and had some long overdue celebrations.

I april vendt blæst og vinter tilbage - som næsten hvert år, men de forsvandt igen, og så havde vi fornemt besøg.

April saw a return of snowy, windy winter weather -- as almost every year, but winter disappeared as usual, and we had royal visitors.

Maj viste sig fra sin allermest charmerende side. Vi fejrede Piratens firmelse, bøgetræserne sprang ud og det stædige træ i Hillerød sprang ud endnu en gang:

May was a charming month; the beech buds were bursting, we celebrated the confirmation of the Pirate, and the defiant tree was in leaf once again.

I juni fik vi et nyt, hvidt hegn om den nye frøø. Og vi fejrede ikke min fødselsdag pga. I-ved-nok-hvad.

In June we had a new frog pond with a new white fence. And because of you-know-what we did not celebrate my birthday.

I juli rejste vi lang væk - i hvert fald i tankerne.

In Juli we traveled far -- in our minds.

I august fejrede vi Jomfru Maria med indvielsen af en ny statue.

In August we celebrated Mary and had a new statue near our church.

September var en travl måned med skolegang, plantefarvning og syltetøj.

September was busy with plant dyeing, jam making and school.

I oktober fik vi så endelig fejret min fødselsdag, Den lille Løves førstekommunion og en del fødselsdage.

In October we finally celebrated my birthday, the first holy communion of the little Lion and some other things lacking.

November brugte jeg mest på at tegne. Inktober var blevet til Simple Daily Drawing - et koncept, jeg meget bedre kunne lide.

November wqas spent mostly drawing - I discovered Simple Daily Drawing- a very cool community.

December bragte sne igen, og Haveuglen fik den første sne på næbbet nogensinde.

December once again brought snow, and GardenOwl saw the first snowfall ever.

A-Z Xtra

     Næsten hver dag klokken 12 har der gennem hele april måned kommet et A-Z indlæg her på bloggen.
     Temaet har været ekkoer, de løse ender, halve projekter, nye begyndelser, gyldne løfter og lokkende udsigter. Nu er det så slut for i år.
     Det har været anstrengende, men også sjovt at finde på noget at skrive hver dag.
     Her er så en lille ekstrapost om den anden fortsatte historie her på bloggen: Historien om Mary, Allan og verdens ende.

Ⓐ - Ⓩ

Almost every day all through April at noon a new A-Z post has gone live on my blog. The theme was Echoes, finishing touches, half done projects and endings. Now we've reached the finishing line for this year.
  It has been fun, I have written more than normally, and visited way more new blogs than I use to as well. But I'm glad that I now face 11 months without this pressure.
  As a small extra I have this post. It's about the other story taking up space at this blog: Mary, Allan and the End of the World.

-- ✈ --

Efter at jeg havde set, hvad Olga Godim kunne få ud af diverse billeder og sammenklip til forsider, fik jeg lyst til at prøve selv. Det er ikke noget, jeg har prøvet før eller er god til. Men på Pexel by Louis fandt jeg et billede, der var perfekt til min historie om Mary og Allan. Jeg har kun tilsat bogstaver og en lille flyvemaskine.

Ⓐ - Ⓩ

After seeing what Olga Godim could do with those covers of hers, I wanted to try my hand at covermaking. I'm not good at it, but I found the perfect photo at Pexel by Louis for my story of Mary and Allan. I have only been playing around with the fonts and colours of the letters - and an airplane.

Himmel og Jord - Heaven and Earth

Bare et par billeder fra i forgårs.
Først fuldmånen tidligt på aftenen. Er den ikke flot!

     Tidligt på morgenen var jeg ude og give hønsene mad. Der lagde jeg mærke til en underlig jordbunke inde i det faldefærdige legehus, hvor maden står. Jeg tænkte, at frosten måske havde skubbet noget af "muge-ud-spandens" indhold ud på jorden, den var nemlig frosset fast og ikke til at flytte, det opdagede jeg naturligvis først, da jeg havde fyldt den lidt mere end til randen ...
     Men så, da jeg var ude og fotografere månen, kom jeg derud igen, og der, midt på græsplænen var forklaringen ...

-- 🌕 --

Just a couple of photos from the day before yesterday.
  On top: The full moon early evening my time. Isn't it beautiful?

  And below ... in the morning, as I fed the chicken I noticed a small mound of dirt inside the decrepit playhouse where the feed is stored. I thought it was the frost pushing things from my "cleaning of the chicken coop-bucket". When last I filled it, it had frozen to the ground, and I could not move it. Of course I discovered this when I had already (over)filled said bucket.
  But later, as I was out photographing the Moon. I found the explanation. Right there in the middle of the lawn ...

Smuk måne og ubudne, underjordiske gæster 
Beautiful moon, and uninvited guests below ground.

Midt på dagen var det så tid for indkøb. Der var kommet en ny serie lego-minifigurer. En uimodståelig fristelse for Uglemor. Og se, hvilken figur, der var i posen!

-- 🧱 --

In the middle of the day it was shopping time. A new LEGO minifigure series had come out. This poses an irresistible temptation for MotherOwl. Now look which figure was in that bag!

Lækkersulten biavler --  Honey hungry beekeeper

     Cathy @ Still Waters har lige fortalt om en udfordring, der passer som fod i hose med Søndagsbilleder. Det er  HeyJude fra Travel Words, der hver måned vælger en farve. Denne måneds farve er gul, så måske kan jeg lige præcis nå at lege med, for hvad er mere fristende gult en en frisk honningtavle? Og er månen ikke også gul?

#Colour21

   Cathy @ Still Waters just told of an interesting monthly challenge that fits Sunday Selections like a glove. A monthly colour has been chosen by HeyJude at Travel Words. Maybe I can make it. The colour for February is yellow. and what is more temptingly yellow than a fresh honeycomb? And often moons are perceived as yellow too. 

Grumpy WinterOwl.

   Diane's post on traveling away from snow and winter just made me realize that I live North of WiseWebWoman on Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, and even North of Diane in Canada. We live on the 56th parallel North. According to Wikipedia we are regaled with a measly 6 hours, 57 minutes day during the Winter solstice. Ergo our days are even shorter, but as the Golf current keeps us warm, snow and real winter is a thing, we seldom see.
  And what you cannot see from the numbers, is that the Sun even during those almost 7 hours only clears the horizon by 11 degrees at 12 o clock. The murky, dark and moist thing, Denmark has as a bad substitute for Winter is not one of MotherOwl's favourite things. 
   For my readers on the Southern hemisphere: The 56th parallel South lies in the water just South of Tierra del Fuego, and a healthy bit south of Australia.
   No wonder, I find our days shorter and darker than most of the blog-writers' that I follow.
   Grumpy, murky MotherOwl speaking, sorry.

I put in a Sun in the photo - taken into the Sun this last day of 2019 a little past noon. It is not easy photographing the Sun.

Sunrise at 8.44. Sunset at 15.46

+ 5 minutes already.

... And now it is 4 o'clock. The Sun has set and the Moon is out.

I wish you all ...

TUSAL maj 2019

     Uglemor flyver stadig rundt fra den ene browser til den anden. Der er ikke nogen, der er rigtig gode længere, men der skal jo ske et eller andet.  
     Da Uglemor så skulle ud og lukke for hønsene i aftes så månen sådan her ud.

-- 🌛 --

MotherOwl is still flying from one browser to the next, trying them for their nesting properties. None of them are greatly satisfying, even after extensions and customizing.
But MotherOwl is not sitting in front of the computer all day long, other thing happen as well.
As MotherOwl went out to shut the hens in for the night, the Moon looked like this.

      Og da Uglemor så så havde kameraet fremme og kom i tanke om at nymåne jo betyder TUSAL - så måtte det jo tages et billede af stumperne også.
     Uglemor undskylder for den lidet charmerende baggrund. En hvid plastikpose var det der var i nærheden. Alle de her stumper stammer fra fabrikationen af hashi-bukuro - stof-etuier til spisepinde. Mere om dem i de kommende dage.

-- 📍 -- 

And now I had found the camera, and remembered that new noon means TUSAL. I had to find my ORTs and snap a photo of those as well.

Excuse the very un-flattering plastic bag used as backdrop.  All these ORTs come from the sewing of hashi-bukuro - wrappers for chopsticks, more about those later. 

Mere om Hashi-bukuro her.  -- 📍-- More about Hashi-bukuro here.

Normaltid - tak - et digt. Opdateret

Det eneste rigtige

Når klokken er 11 i Danmark,
er den 5 i U.S.A.
10 i London, og 18 i Kina
og 13 omkring Moskva.

Hvor er vi danskere et udvalgt folk,
at vi netop er født i selve
det lille velsignede land, hvor klokken
er 11, når den er 11.

Piet Hein

In Denmark, as I suppose everywhere in EU, we discuss Daylight Saving Time or not. How, why and when to abolish it. This poem is "my" contribution to the debate. It was written by the Danish inventor, poet etc. Kumbel (Piet Hein) in the 1940ies.   An un-rhymed anglification added below

When it's 11 o'clock in Denmark 

It's 5 am in the USA. 

10 o'clock in London, 6 pm in China

and 1 o'clock around Moscow. 

We Danes are a happy, chosen people, 

To be born in the small,

blessed country were

It's 11 at 11 o'clock.

På vejen hjem Ekko - fredag 26. oktober

Det er tid for nogle smukke, opmuntrende billeder her på bloggen.
I morges var det tid for en lille visit tilbage til Vejen hjem-billederne.
Dengang i 2015, var sommertiden allerede holdt op, i år sker det først på søndag.

Tirsdag 27. oktober 2015

Derfor er det naturligvis mørkere på mine billeder. Til gengæld er der lidt flere.

- 🌄 -

Throwback to when I wrote On my Way Home-posts. Today is 3 years since Tuesday 27. Oktober 2015.
This year DST ended earlier, of course my photos are darker, but on the other hand there's more of them. 

Solopgang 8.07 solnedgang 7.42 Daglængde 9.35, aftaget 8 timer

Udsifgt over markerne -- Over the fields.

Næsten hjemme -- Almost home.

Jeg vender mig om --  Turning around.

Månen helt tæt på -- The Moon up close.

Og en lille bonus. Denne smukke plante fandt jeg, medens jeg ventede på bussen forleden dag.

- 🌱🌱🌱 -

And a bonus. I saw this pretty plant waiting for the bus last week

Måner -- Moons

Uglemor har noget med at tage billeder af månen. Det er imponerende hvor stor forskel en dag egentlig gør, når man kigger på månen.

- 🌛 -

MotherOwl has a thing with photographing the Moon. It's impressing how big a difference a day makes.

Halvmåne - 17. september - Half Moon

Lidt mere end halv - 18. september - Gibbous moon

Allerede næsten fuld - 22. september - Already almost full.

#RDG21 - 18

Day Eighteen - After dark

This prompt makes me thing of the book Afutā Dāku by Haruku Murakami. I never read it, but I will some day. As I do not own the book, a real after dark picture is in its place here.

The almost new moon and an old church.

Link to this challenge.

TUSAL Ekstra - opdateret

     Alle stumperne fra 2017s TUSAL er nu endt i to temari. Inden i den mindste er der en lille bjælde. Den får et asanoha-mønster i lilla og ender nok som en forsinket nytårsgave - jeg begyndte i det mindste på den nytårsdag.  Den store er jeg ikke helt klar over endnu.

  - o 🌕 o -

All the ORTs from the TUSALs of 2017 has ended up in two temari. The smallest one has a bell inside. It will eventually get a asanoha pattern in purple and be given as a belatde newyears gift. It was begun on the first of January.

Heldigvis fortsætter Daffycat også næste år  med --  TUSAL -- is to contimne at Daffycat's next year as well!

I dag er  det fuldmåne. Den er der to af i januar i år.
Today is the full moon, one of two in January.

Vintersolhverv

21. december ifølge DMI: Solopgang/solnedgang: 8:44/15:34, dagens længde 6:50, aftaget 10:43.
(Sunrise/sunset: 8:44/15:34, daylength: 6:50 - decreased by 10:43) 

22. december ifølge DMI: Solopgang/solnedgang: 8:44/15:35, dagens længde 6:51, tiltaget 0:01
(Sunrise/sunset: 8:44/15:35, daylength: 6:51 - increased by0:01

Månen over kirken på årets længste nat.
Billedet er absolut ikke taget om natten, men klokken halv syv om aftenen.
✨  ✨  ✨
The Moon and the church in the darkest night of the year.
This photo was not taken by night, but at half past six in the evening.