Early one morning.

I was out early one morning this week and made a point to stop for this marvellous sight of the full moon above this barn.

Softly lit.

On a marvellous late winter morning, this tin barn was softly lit by pre-sunrise light, with the moon setting above it. I was blessed to come across this scene.

A metal barn softly illuminated by morning light, with the full or nearly full moon setting above it.

Fingernail moon.

Friday morning was clear, so it was a wonderful opportunity to admire the waning fingernail moon.

Gloriously delicate.

The sky was airbrushed with gloriously delicate hues this morning. I was compelled to stop, admire and give thanks, and share with you.

If you look just above and to the right of the centre, there is the fingernail, waning, almost gone, crescent moon.

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Rides high.

A fingernail moon rides high in the early morning sky.

Reflects.

A distant house reflects early morning light as the full moon still shines high in the sky.

Glorious

It has been a glorious early spring day. Full sun, not a cloud in the sky, Bella Luna rising in the afternoon.

A good day to be alive.

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Southbound

Southbound to UPS’ Louisville hub on a lovely morning, a UPS 747 passes the waning moon.

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. . . and moonset

I make a 180 degree pivot after taking the previous photo and see the moon setting, braced by tree limbs and hydro lines.

Taken together, a lovely way to start the day.

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Grace and equanimity

The rising moon illuminates the final evening of this calendar year. The next calendar year will rise in a few hours. Like all years it will be a year of good, indifferent, and not good events. (My feeling is that it will be another year of a general, almost imperceptible slide.)

I will try to accept all that happens with grace and equanimity.

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