Friday, 24 September 2010

FiftyFive ~ # 55

Last night a bright Harvest Moon ushered in the changing seasons in a rare cosmic arrangement that has not occurred in nearly 20 years. The full moon arrived on the same night as the autumnal equinox, which occurred last night at 03.09am, GMT 23rd of September to mark the official start of autumn in the northern hemisphere, as well as spring in the south. Not since the 23rd of September, 1991 has a full moon occurred on the same night as the autumn equinox, and it won't happen again until 2029. Isn’t the world a wonderfully wonderful place? In 2029 I will be 75 and I plan to be around, so perhaps this blogging business will start again as 75@75. Because you see, it has been exactly one year since I started this blog and it was only meant to run for a year. The first post was on the 23rd September 2009 - equinox to equinox and I now have to decide whether it is now time to retire 55@55. Is there anything left to say? My first posting had a Neil Young song, bring it on again Neil - after all, it is a Harvest Moon: