Day Thirteen - Sunrise, Moonrise
I'm going to start, not with the Sunrise (which I did see this morning thanks to an intruder!) but with the Moonrise. The minute I saw the pinky hues of the moon rising above the horizon just before 6pm tonight, I whipped down to the beach and spent about 40 minutes moon-gazing. It was a spectacular evening, in true Full Moon style. No wind, gorgeous light, and the moon's glow burnt into the ocean. Very hard to capture the true splendour on camera but this gives a good idea of it!
But the Full Moon is listed as Wednesday 8th April, not Tuesday, I hear you cry.
Technically, yes it is. But ...
Read more below in today's Share-Note!
Now back to the Sunrise - I got to see it at 6.10am this morning due to being woken by a very loud and startling kerfuffle in the kitchen. It didn't sound or seem like Michael or Indi (the cat) so I got up to investigate. Hmm, all catfood in the bowl was gone and the catfood container was upended on the kitchen floor (still sealed!) This is definitely not Indi's style. Seems we have a cat intruder - who had scarpered in the nick of time! I suspect said sneaky cat has been in before. The cat door is now locked.
The sunrise was fiery and a little ominous, the air a little chilly.
A bit later I woke up properly to a stunning day.
And 12 hours later I was staring in awe at the Full Moon rising!
Today was pretty much the usual story of both Michael and I on our computers working away for much of the day.
Brunch was hotcakes with bacon, banana, yoghurt and Manukora honey (haven't had this since the boys were much younger!) Eaten on the deck in warm sunshine. Yum.
I headed out to the 4 Square at Matakana mid-afternoon to do a small top-up. Burgers were on our menu tonight and we needed buns. Egad, they had no burger buns. They were actually low on stock on a few items. Thankfully, the local Omaha Superette had one bag of burger buns to save the day.
On my drive back from Matakana to Omaha (about 7 minutes), I was staggered by the utter lunacy of people.
Firstly - all the way from Matakana to the Omaha turnoff, I had a car right up my bum. I was doing the speed limit (80kph) and he was not doing any physical distancing whatsoever; he was barely 2m behind me. I was very glad when he carried on after I turned off. Idiot.
The causeway into Omaha resembled Tamaki Drive on a midsummer's day - cyclists every few metres, family groups, 2x2, and some runners and walkers amongst them. It was a seething mass of people and bikes. I was aghast. Admittedly, a local outing is allowed, but there were so many people that some were even swerving out into the road, with kids in tow, to avoid the crowds. It was like dodgems. Idiots.
I guess they thought "there are hardly any cars around, we'll be right" as they slewed into the road. Wrong, there was a steady stream of cars; just like any normal day actually. This surprised me hugely too. Where was everyone going? There aren't a lot of essential places to be going to in this neck of the woods. The one and only other time I ventured to Matakana for supplies, last week, I was about the only car on the road.
As I walked to the beach to watch the Full Moon rise, the same wetsuited surfer I saw yesterday was sauntering happily back from the beach with wet hair, board under his arm and a big smile. I looked at him, shook my head and said "Naughty boy". I meant it. He laughed as though he didn't give a shit. Idiot.
I suspect he got some good waves though, the surf looked great.
There really are idiots out there and it really does seem people are getting complacent ...
Stop it. Stay at home.
Dinner: Kiwi burgers, with all the trimmings.
After dinner: catch up on Zoom with my quiz team the Shadee Bunch. Mary delivered some subtley obscure visual questions with an innovative twist. Had most of us stumped but Ant came up trumps! Fun.
SHARE-NOTE OF THE DAY:
The Full Moon.
For anyone who doesn't know me - I'm a full-moon-aholic!
I've been researching the weather on the day/night of a Full Moon for nearly a decade. Every month, wherever I may be, I check out the Full Moon. It's observational rather than highly scientific, but my spreadsheet tells the story and backs my theory.
My Full Moon Theory is: if you have an event or party, plan it on a Full Moon - you won't need a Plan B! In all my years of research, there have only been a handful of mediocre full moon days/nights (one or two in summer) and a couple when you would be glad you hadn't organised a party - but they were in winter and in the middle of a severe weather cycle - as well as being the best day/night of the bad weather syndrome.
The thing with the Full Moon is that there is never any wind. Sometimes there can be cloud hovering, or even misty rain if there's a front about - but no gales or pouring rain. The Full Moon keeps the Earth still and settled.
So, back to this April Full Moon which is noted as being on 8th April - this is because it peaks at 2.35pm tomorrow, Wednesday 8th. However, when the peak falls in the daytime, between two nights (as it does regularly), the glory of TWO Full Moon nights either side is the result.
This April one is a Supermoon (not uncommon), which means the moon is closer to Earth than usual. So it is brighter than usual.
And the weather tonight - Full Moon perfection, not a breath of wind.
In fact, I've just done a Moon-check as I type this (at 11.55pm) and it's perfect outside. The moon is so bright that it has a halo around it. It's quite hard to look at it with the naked eye against the dark sky. There are, of course, no stars visible due to the moonglow.
Here's a great website that gives all sorts of information about time, weather, sun, moon, tides etc. It's a Norwegian-run site, started back in 1998, and it's been my go-to since I started my Moon research back in 2012.
https://www.timeanddate.com/
And, in keeping with the theme, here is a recent artwork, collage style including some inkwork - called Rakaunui/Full Moon.
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| Full Moon splendour |
But the Full Moon is listed as Wednesday 8th April, not Tuesday, I hear you cry.
Technically, yes it is. But ...
Read more below in today's Share-Note!
Now back to the Sunrise - I got to see it at 6.10am this morning due to being woken by a very loud and startling kerfuffle in the kitchen. It didn't sound or seem like Michael or Indi (the cat) so I got up to investigate. Hmm, all catfood in the bowl was gone and the catfood container was upended on the kitchen floor (still sealed!) This is definitely not Indi's style. Seems we have a cat intruder - who had scarpered in the nick of time! I suspect said sneaky cat has been in before. The cat door is now locked.
The sunrise was fiery and a little ominous, the air a little chilly.
A bit later I woke up properly to a stunning day.
And 12 hours later I was staring in awe at the Full Moon rising!
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| This looks like a sunset but I assure you it is to the East and taken at 6:10am! |
Today was pretty much the usual story of both Michael and I on our computers working away for much of the day.
Brunch was hotcakes with bacon, banana, yoghurt and Manukora honey (haven't had this since the boys were much younger!) Eaten on the deck in warm sunshine. Yum.
I headed out to the 4 Square at Matakana mid-afternoon to do a small top-up. Burgers were on our menu tonight and we needed buns. Egad, they had no burger buns. They were actually low on stock on a few items. Thankfully, the local Omaha Superette had one bag of burger buns to save the day.
On my drive back from Matakana to Omaha (about 7 minutes), I was staggered by the utter lunacy of people.
Firstly - all the way from Matakana to the Omaha turnoff, I had a car right up my bum. I was doing the speed limit (80kph) and he was not doing any physical distancing whatsoever; he was barely 2m behind me. I was very glad when he carried on after I turned off. Idiot.
The causeway into Omaha resembled Tamaki Drive on a midsummer's day - cyclists every few metres, family groups, 2x2, and some runners and walkers amongst them. It was a seething mass of people and bikes. I was aghast. Admittedly, a local outing is allowed, but there were so many people that some were even swerving out into the road, with kids in tow, to avoid the crowds. It was like dodgems. Idiots.
I guess they thought "there are hardly any cars around, we'll be right" as they slewed into the road. Wrong, there was a steady stream of cars; just like any normal day actually. This surprised me hugely too. Where was everyone going? There aren't a lot of essential places to be going to in this neck of the woods. The one and only other time I ventured to Matakana for supplies, last week, I was about the only car on the road.
As I walked to the beach to watch the Full Moon rise, the same wetsuited surfer I saw yesterday was sauntering happily back from the beach with wet hair, board under his arm and a big smile. I looked at him, shook my head and said "Naughty boy". I meant it. He laughed as though he didn't give a shit. Idiot.
I suspect he got some good waves though, the surf looked great.
There really are idiots out there and it really does seem people are getting complacent ...
Stop it. Stay at home.
Dinner: Kiwi burgers, with all the trimmings.
After dinner: catch up on Zoom with my quiz team the Shadee Bunch. Mary delivered some subtley obscure visual questions with an innovative twist. Had most of us stumped but Ant came up trumps! Fun.
SHARE-NOTE OF THE DAY:
The Full Moon.
For anyone who doesn't know me - I'm a full-moon-aholic!
I've been researching the weather on the day/night of a Full Moon for nearly a decade. Every month, wherever I may be, I check out the Full Moon. It's observational rather than highly scientific, but my spreadsheet tells the story and backs my theory.
My Full Moon Theory is: if you have an event or party, plan it on a Full Moon - you won't need a Plan B! In all my years of research, there have only been a handful of mediocre full moon days/nights (one or two in summer) and a couple when you would be glad you hadn't organised a party - but they were in winter and in the middle of a severe weather cycle - as well as being the best day/night of the bad weather syndrome.
The thing with the Full Moon is that there is never any wind. Sometimes there can be cloud hovering, or even misty rain if there's a front about - but no gales or pouring rain. The Full Moon keeps the Earth still and settled.
So, back to this April Full Moon which is noted as being on 8th April - this is because it peaks at 2.35pm tomorrow, Wednesday 8th. However, when the peak falls in the daytime, between two nights (as it does regularly), the glory of TWO Full Moon nights either side is the result.
This April one is a Supermoon (not uncommon), which means the moon is closer to Earth than usual. So it is brighter than usual.
And the weather tonight - Full Moon perfection, not a breath of wind.
In fact, I've just done a Moon-check as I type this (at 11.55pm) and it's perfect outside. The moon is so bright that it has a halo around it. It's quite hard to look at it with the naked eye against the dark sky. There are, of course, no stars visible due to the moonglow.
Here's a great website that gives all sorts of information about time, weather, sun, moon, tides etc. It's a Norwegian-run site, started back in 1998, and it's been my go-to since I started my Moon research back in 2012.
https://www.timeanddate.com/
And, in keeping with the theme, here is a recent artwork, collage style including some inkwork - called Rakaunui/Full Moon.
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| Rakaunui/Full Moon - collage with ink |
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