Super Moon

When the news reports came out that the moon was to be super-sized in appearance this weekend, I rousted out my trusty tripod and the more powerful of my two cameras and headed out to practice night photography.  I live about a ten-minute walk from the Severn River, which is east of my house, so I walked toward the river to see what I could do.  It turns out my camera is just not powerful enough to do justice to that moon, but I had fun anyway.  These were my best shots, and one of them is not even of the moon!  It seems people down that way have a penchant for lighting their trees at night.  Poor trees must be very confused, but the effect is pretty. 





I was trying out a new-to-me tripod, and I like it better than my old one. 

The moon is not to be this large, at least in appearance, until 2028.  By then I may be too old to care, but I surely enjoyed it this time.

Trip to NC

With family in North Carolina, I make pilgrimages to the area on a fairly regular basis.  Spring was in the area (and in the flowers) when I went last week.  It was a nice time to be down there even with trees pollinating like fury.

One of the newer babies in the family is my mother's first great-great grandchild.  Bentley is a little less than a year old and is much loved.  Here he was caught napping with Grandpa R.C. It may look a little precarious, but at the slightest twitch of the baby, Grandpa's eyes were wide open.  He was "just resting his eyes a little".

Bentley is a live wire when he is awake and very interested in the world around him.  Here he is with his mother, Megan, and his father, Brandon.

And let's not forget Grandmother Nancy.

He'll have a bit of competition now because Cousin Chase from Wisconsin arrived today. Chase is almost three, so he may not even be interested in a baby. We'll see.

It will be interesting to see how the dynamic has changed when I go back down there in a few weeks.  Meanwhile, it's nice to see a bit of spring here.

Progress

In my last post I spoke of a house in the neighborhood that is in dire need of removal.  Today I heard noises over there.  People were hauling stuff away from the inside, although I can't imagine being brave enough to set foot in there.

The word I got is that this mess will be bulldozed next week.  Hurray!