#111 Harvest Moon

Click to start the player..it's NOT Harvest Moon!

Shine On Harvest Moon
By Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth (1903)

Shine on, shine on harvest moon
Up in the sky,
I ain’t had no lovin’
Since January, February, June or July
Snow time ain’t no time to stay
Outdoors and spoon,
So shine on, shine on harvest moon,
For me and my gal.

The Spirit of Fall has overcome me...

The Harvest Moon--what is it??

The Harvest Moon is a full moon that graces our skies each autumn. It’s the name for the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox. (September 23, 2007) In the northern hemisphere, look for the Harvest Moon to appear in September or October. (This year-2007-it's September 26-the closest to the equinox)

Why the name Harvest Moon? It’s more than just a connection to the season of harvest. In fact, nature is particularly cooperative during the months of autumn to make the Harvest Moon useful to farmers.

Here’s what happens. The moon generally rises about 50 minutes later each day. But near the time of the autumnal equinox, the moon rises only about 30 minutes later each day. Why? The reason is that – in autumn – the ecliptic or path of the sun, moon and planets makes a narrow angle with the evening horizon. The moon’s path in autumn creates a shorter-than-usual rising time between successive moonrises.

The shorter-than-usual time between moonrises means there is no long period of darkness between sunset and moonrise . . .

So, in the days before tractor lights, the autumn full moon helped farmers bringing in their crops. As the sun’s light faded in the west, the full moon would rise in the east to illuminate the fields for several more hours of work. Hence the name Harvest Moon.
















After the harvest is in it's time for a party - Wanna Dance!



Photos by: Toni7babe; Tangerinee; Invisible926; Scrpkym; Claysbuttercup99

#109 The Voice and the Man

A Television Top Memorable Moment

Thank you for your beautiful photos:

Fivegoldens; xxx4clay; dc4clay; jtgranny; Toni7babe;

Lynninnj & Tangerinee






A Frog Story

A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that her name is Patricia Whack.

"Miss Whack, I'd like to get a $30,000 loan to take a holiday."

Patty looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. The frog says his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it's okay, he knows the bank manager.

Patty explains that he will need to secure the loan with some collateral.

The frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny porcelain elephant, about an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.

Very confused, Patty explains that she'll have to consult with the bank manager and disappears into a back office.

She finds the manager and says, " There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000, and he wants to use this as collateral."

She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what in the world is this?"

(you're gonna love this)

The bank manager looks back at her and says...

"It's a knickknack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan, His old man's a Rolling Stone."

(You're singing it, aren't you? Yeah, I know you are........)

Never take life too seriously!
Come on now, you grinned, I know you did!




Now for a bit of shameless campaigning!

The Clammy Award public voting is open, Sept. 12.

Yours truly has 4 enteries in the Wallpaper catagory by CsM.

It's fun to go through all the catagories and vote for your favourites!

It's All About Love-Clammys





It's so much fun for me to make my blogs--it's even more fun to read your wonderful comments!

#108 How Good is He Continues

"Good friends must not always be together; it is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship"
S.P. Schultz



How Good is He Series 4 part 7 - NoMistakenAiken montage








Well, here I am laughing at myself. I have my computer glasses on (they're a lot like the ones the smiley typist has) and wondering if I should admit how Photobucket just pulled a fast one on me. Or more accurately admit I pulled a fast one on myself!

When I logged into my PB to upload this blog's blends, a screen jumps in saying Photobucket is wishing me a happy birthday with a 20% discount on any photo orders..woo hoo! I love a sale! Without thinking--obviously--I go digging through my picture folders choosing the juiciest photos to get printed, cropping them and resizing for printing. An hour later I'm ready to go..then it hit me..PHOTOBUCKET is in the States! A fat lot of good a discount would do to order, if they even accepted it, and be paying exchange rate, postage, customs....you get my drift?

I NEVER click on pop-up's, but never had a bad one in PB, and it seemed very ligit..which I am sure it is, for those eligible to use it.

At least I didn't call a few friends like was in my mind to do, and tell them to send me photos to get done along with mine! Now in all fairness, the PB order page looks exactly like Wal-Mart's does, and that's what I use...that is a good excuse, isn't it?? Or can I blame TAF for this too!!



















Photos thanks to ClayizzaQT, DeniseBernadette, PinkCocoa,
Butterflyshine and Scrpkym