Just as the sun was setting, a beautiful full moon, was rising large and high in the eastern sky tonight. In actual fact the ‘Snow Moon’ will be full and at its peak during the early hours of tomorrow morning. It’s known as the Snow Moon due to typically heavy snowfalls that often happen during February, just when we think we might be in for a bit of a thaw and reprieve from a long winter.
There are numerous alternative names for this month’s full moon, including those that have historically had a connection to animals. The Cree traditionally called this the Bald Eagle Moon or Eagle Moon. The Ojibwe Bear Moon and certain Algonquin peoples named it the Groundhog Moon.
I always find it incredibly challenging to capture the moon with my phone…it never does it justice, I’ll have to try and find a solution.
The lights on the dock came on at 6.20pm, the days are slowly becoming longer and are always welcomed when I start to notice this happen.
There’s a definite slush to the ice over the past couple of days. I don’t think it’s anything to be concerned about right now as the fish huts are still being towed out, but it does give me cause for some caution, so I’ll be staying off until it gets freezing cold again…and I know it will.
