The Afternoon Sky Fades

I was sitting on the deck after another busy day after I finally quit working at something or other, and just reading.  But I noticed the clouds scudding across the sky were looking interesting, so I started shooting.  Over the next 6 hours I watched the afternoon sky fade, and the full August 'Sturgeon Moon' rise.

In the Great Lakes region, the August full moon was known to the native peoples as the 'Sturgeon Moon' because it was the best time of year to catch the sturgeon (then presumably more plentiful than now).

At first I was just watching the clouds drift across a deep blue sky.  I even thought there might be a bit of an interesting sunset, but as often happens in the evening here at this time of year, the sky cleared as the temperature fell.

A fair bit of time elapsed between these three photos - dinner and cleaning up, a short walk for the dog, a bike ride and last night's blog post.  I didn't just sit there for 3 hours!

And then when I came down later, the moon was just rising.  There was just enough light to silhouette the trees in front of it.

There's so much happening in our lives these days that I can't remember what day it is!  I have to look at the calendar to remind me, so I'm running a full day behind on linking to my favourite 'Good Fences', 'Skywatch Friday' and 'Saturday Critters' memes - but better late than never.

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