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Full Buck Moon
22/07/24 16:31 Filed in: Photography
This year's July full moon is the Full Buck Moon. It was yesterday on July 21st. We got a photo of it rising through the fir tree, red in glory due to smoke in the air from wildfires.
It was cool to see the solar lights at the top of the fence point toward this rising moon.
"In summer, these glorious animal appendages grow like nobody’s business. So much so, they even have their own monuments. Whether adorning a Roman moon goddess in the Louvre or simply a 14,000-pound pile of them in a town square in Wyoming, it’s undeniable: we love buck antlers. We have even named a moon after them.
The full Buck Moon is so-called because its month, July, is notably when male deer (bucks) begin to spectacularly increase the size of their antlers—which are not horns but the fastest-growing bones known to humans—at a blistering rate of 1/4 to 1 inch per day, gaining as much as a pound of weight every 24 hours. They are covered with an exquisite velvet that gets rubbed off and are used to attract mates and fight off challengers."
It was cool to see the solar lights at the top of the fence point toward this rising moon.
"In summer, these glorious animal appendages grow like nobody’s business. So much so, they even have their own monuments. Whether adorning a Roman moon goddess in the Louvre or simply a 14,000-pound pile of them in a town square in Wyoming, it’s undeniable: we love buck antlers. We have even named a moon after them.
The full Buck Moon is so-called because its month, July, is notably when male deer (bucks) begin to spectacularly increase the size of their antlers—which are not horns but the fastest-growing bones known to humans—at a blistering rate of 1/4 to 1 inch per day, gaining as much as a pound of weight every 24 hours. They are covered with an exquisite velvet that gets rubbed off and are used to attract mates and fight off challengers."
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Prime Apples
There is a lot of catching up to do on this blog with trips and lots to tell. It has been difficult to get time to sit down and focus on writing up information and sharing photos.
The girls love their fresh apples and our Honey Crisp apples are prime samples this year. Lots of them and so juicy to eat.
The girls love their fresh apples and our Honey Crisp apples are prime samples this year. Lots of them and so juicy to eat.
A Cornhusker
04/09/20 06:42 Filed in: Family
Our first batch of "Got To Have It" corn variety is available for eating. Here is one happy Ryan posing for the camera and eating on an ear of corn. Of course, it was to get to the real treat, being able to have ice cream.
