Beaver Moon

 Last Monday evening and Tuesday morning, we had mostly clear weather. The Beaver moon (traditional name for the November full moon) rose in the northeast and set in the northwest so I had occasion to watch it.

This shot is taken at 1819, Monday, November 30th toward the northeast from my deck. The moon was full but partially hidden by clouds just when I wanted to get a photo.

This shot was taken at 0547 the next morning, Tuesday, Dec 1st. This is my storm flag (approx. 2 x 3 feet) which I fly during the winter months because of the wind and rain.

Here it is 0739 on Tuesday morning. It's been light for twenty minutes or so, but the full moon is still visible.

Today I was walking on the far side of the marsh and noted that the weeping willow trees over there had lost all their leaves. The one in this photo still has most of its leaves. Must be a different microclimate.

After observing the marsh, I turned under the pine trees across the road in the photo above and walked along the boardwalk then down to Railroad Avenue to see how the new Edmonds Senior Center is coming. It is pretty much finished and the grand opening was supposed to be around the end of November but the construction fence is still up so I couldn't go onto the grounds. In a few days I'll walk that way again. The fence should be down by then and I'll introduce you to the new Senior Center.

Continuing north, I passed the ferry terminal then hopped across the tracks and continued north on sunset Avenue. 

The roses that line the parking strip have lost their leaves but there are still a few blooms. I guess they are winter roses. I'll see if they last until winter actually begins on the 21st.

We've had some light frosts even though the temperature on my deck hasn't dropped below 34.5 degrees. It's supposed to rain for the next couple days, but when the weather clears I'll do a blog entry of the hardy flowers that brave the chilly winds and short days to bloom in wintertime Edmonds.