August 2021 – The Motley Moose

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 29th

August 28, 2021 JanF 76

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 22nd

August 21, 2021 JanF 78

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 15th

August 14, 2021 JanF 56

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 8th

August 7, 2021 JanF 62

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

August 1, 2021 JanF 3

Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the […]

Summer Sunning!

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June 21, 2026 2

Later this morning, we will mark the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° [...]

Spring Colors in the Pacific Northwest woods

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May 15, 2026 6

I love the Pacific Northwest native flora this time of year as they emerge from our long dark winter. Since we can’t get out into the woods everyday, we have brought the woodlands colors home [...]

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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2026 2

At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on, the light returns more [...]

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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

March 20, 2026 3

Today, March 20th, at 7:46am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]

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Spring is in the air!

February 1, 2026 2

At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]