Tracking Sharks (the in-the-water kind)

My brother turned me on to this site that tracks tagged sharks around the world last night, and I've been playing with it ever since. There are lots of variables possible for choosing what to see and how to see it. Of course, I could read a help section, but why do that when clicking possibilities makes it all an oh wow surprise?

Even though the moon was one day from completely full - meaning tonight will be completely full - this Hunter moon, this Blood moon, this (my favorite) Sanguine moon caught me completely as it rose almost centered in my window. The moon and the earth dance doesn't always synchronize in this perfect frame, but when they do, I'm pulled like the tides to go and greet our Mistress of the Night. Or, in this case, very early evening. Yet another reason to be grateful that the dock 'o the bay is back in place.

Depending on where you are in the world, you could experience this tonight, the last lunar eclipse of the year.

Have a watchful, whimsical and wakeful Wednesday. Do something wider.

Partial Lunar Eclipse, and lots of weird weather

In Maine, we're going to just miss seeing the partial lunar eclipse tonight because the moonset time here is just plain wrong! But on Culebra, if the sky isn't covered in clouds and it isn't raining, something of a rarity these days, you should be able to see the eclipse for quite awhile. I hope so anyway.

This month's moon is called the Strawberry Moon - "Full Strawberry Moon – June This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry!"

Around here, strawberries are a big deal right now. You can drive along most days and see people sitting on the roadside, card table and umbrella set up, with those green thick paper boxes full of berries. They range between 3 and 5 dollars a box and are about as good as a berry can be. Apparently the crop is in very early for Maine, but what is normal about weather anywhere anymore? Not much. Right now it is 60 degrees and expected to reach the 70's today. Jeans and socks, yes, sweat no.

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 We now have our first named tropical storm, Alex. I can barely stand to think about what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico right now without grinding my teeth - all we can do is watch and wait. Along with the system to Culebra's east...hopefully *only* a rain event...but are you ready????

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Good morning, Mr. Raider