Sunday Sundries and 30 Days of Gratitude - Day 16

I am grateful for the great lights.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

His love endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of gods.

His love endures forever.

Give thanks to the Lord of lords:

His love endures forever.

To him who alone does great wonders,

His love endures forever.

Who by his understanding made the heavens,

His love endures forever.

Who spread out the earth upon the waters,

His love endures forever.

Who made the great lights -

His love endures forever.

The sun to govern the day,

His love endures forever.

The moon and stars to govern the night;

His love endures forever.

Give thanks to the God of heaven.

His love endures forever.

Psalm 136:1-9, 26

Look Up, Look Down ~ final round

June 24

I put my camera close to the ground and took a picture looking up a rock wall in our front yard that Mr. H and I built. 
Today I got my birthday present! Mr H told me to buy the 100mm macro lens that I've been wanting! The picture on the right is looking down at fungus on a dead piece of bark.

June 25

Aaron, our youngest grandson, stayed with us today. It was so hot we got out the swimming pool.

June 26

These pictures were taken in a garden at one of our libraries. They have the prettiest light poles. The rock is embedded in the concrete floor of a gazebo.

June 27
I went shopping for some fabric and stopped by to see if there were any flowers blooming at the Old Mill. It was beautiful, as usual, and full of flowers even in this heat!

June 28

Looking up at the moon during the blue hour.
Earlier in the month our library had a little project where you could plant seeds. I'm looking down at the very first bloom on my flower.  If I remember correctly it's cosmos.

June 29
I was using the water sprinkler to water my shade garden when the hose burst creating this fountain in my Bradford pear tree.
The bright sun creates some pretty dark shadows on the sidewalk.

June 30

The heat and lack of rain in June has been brutal. My shade gardens are burning up even though I've been watering them. The heat is just relentless!!  The ferns are now brown and the trees are loosing their leaves.

I wanted to end this project with the words "the end." I thought they would be easy to find especially in children's books, but not so!  I looked through many books before I finally found one. You may recognize this little tug boat...its Little Toot. Little Toot was written and illustrated by Hardie Gramatky. It's copyright is 1939. 

And so, June's project ends!

I'm almost a week into my July project!

This time I'll be exploring my different lens!

I'm taking a little break from the computer.

My grandsons are here and we're playing!!

Super Moon

I hope you got out to catch a glimpse of the "super moon" last night! My grandson's called to remind me to "check out the big moon!"  This is one of those times I wish I had a very big zoom lens for my camera!

Here's a couple of images I took last night for Gramma's Guys, Jake, Drew, Josh, and Aaron! I really don't know why they are different colors. I'm assuming it was just how the camera captured the light, since they were taken a little over a minute apart.

Is the moon tired? she looks so pale
Within her misty veil:
She scales the sky from east to west,
And takes no rest.

Before the coming of the night
The moon shows papery white;
Before the dawning of the day
She fades away.

From Sing-Song by Christina Rossetti

(1830-1894)

I See The Moon And The Moon Sees Me

These are the first pictures I've taken of the moon with my new zoom lens.  I was impressed with it!!   A perfect half-circle!

8:37:08 P.M.

8:37:16 P.M.

 

8:38:45 P.M.

 8:43:09 P.M.

8:43:11 P.M.

The last two were getting into the blue hour, which refers to the period of twilight each morning and evening where there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. The time is considered special because of the quality of the light at this time of day.