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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: October 26th

October 25, 2025 JanF 63

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 […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: October 19th

October 18, 2025 JanF 63

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: October 12th

October 11, 2025 JanF 57

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: October 5th

October 4, 2025 JanF 71

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: September 28th

September 27, 2025 JanF 57

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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2025 JanF 3

An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: September 21st

September 20, 2025 JanF 68

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: September 14th

September 13, 2025 JanF 61

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: September 7th

September 6, 2025 JanF 61

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 31st

August 30, 2025 JanF 57

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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 [...]

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