The dogs woke me in time to see the eclipse of the moon this past Sunday, January 20th. I knew they would. Earlier, they were growling with their noses in the air so I figured they were catching the scent of coyotes that are usually on the move around the full moon.
The sky was perfectly clear and I could see the moon through the trees earlier that night. It was big and bright.
This is what I woke up to. It's much colder outside now but worth a little shivering to see this amazing event.
It became harder to focus as the moon moved into full eclipse but I managed a decent shot.
The moon was still shining bright the next morning, lighting up the western sky. It was beautiful!
The following night's moon was beautiful too. The ring around it means rain. Yes, we had rain.
What else is happening?
All of the tomato and most of the pepper seeds have sprouted. That's all I've started so far and will probably wait until February to start other seeds. Probably; but only if I can wait!
The lettuce and mustard greens have survived the winter so far. Our lowest temp so far the winter was down to 26° overnight. A mild winter for us. The dill is sprouting out there too. Dill needs an early start here.
I've made so many salads with the greens, I lost count! This one has some store bought arugula too. Arugula is so delicious! I'm not sure if the garden arugula will come back this year after the army worms attacked the roots. That was in October, I think. Army worms were everywhere! Not very long later, the arugula died overnight! I mean it was green one day and dead the next! I dug up so many army worm pupa it was crazy! If the arugula doesn't come back, I'm ready to plant more! Love arugula!!
Homemade crusty bread to go with it. The secret to the best homemade bread, with the taste and texture of a really good artisan bread is a little fresh ground sprouts. Well, at least one secret.
Female Cardinal and a couple of male Cardinals.
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