Blue Moon

Last night was a blue moon - a full moon twice in the same month - but for us it was mostly obscured by clouds. Oh, but by this morning, when it was time to get up and let the dogs out and it was still dark, the skies had cleared and there was that big ol' fat moon a'shinin' bright. Sharp shadows were thrown long on the unmelted snow.

A couple of evenings ago, I was headed home from somewhere and I managed to catch the moon on its rise:

Wonderful.