It seems that Autumn has well and truly arrived, I noticed the weather forecast last night was predicting frost for some areas. We didn’t get any here, but it was distinctly chilly. There was a lovely, big Harvest moon though, which looked wonderful and threw out loads of light. BTW, did you know that full moons at other times of year have names too. They usually come from some kind of event which occurs at the same time. So, the Harvest moon is so called because it appears at harvest time. The names do vary depending on the location of the people who used them, but this page offers a good list. A Blue moon happens when there are two full moons in one month, the second being the blue one.
One of the downsides of Autumn is the appearance of aggressive wasps. I know that even at the best of times they do seem to enjoy a fight, but at this time of year they turn into raging psychopaths. Someone once told me this is because they eat fruit which has been sitting under trees for some time and has begun to ferment. So, the wasps are in effect drunk. And what angry drunks they are, a bit like the Millwall fans of the insect world. Somehow, I couldn’t imagine bees behaving in the same way. I think they would be mellow drunks who would sit in a corner and hum to themselves.
From time to time I post about the more unusual search terms which have led people to this blog. Yesterday, I noticed what is possibly the strangest of all time. Someone arrived here after asking Google ‘how can I tell if my husband is gay?’ Hmm. This is puzzling because I can’t honestly recall ever posting about such a thing, so I’m guessing that whoever it was went away with their question unanswered. Wishing to provide a certain level of service to my readers, I’ll try to help. If you are that person, my suggestion is this: you rent out the films Desperado and From Dusk Till Dawn. If you find that your husband is more interested in Antonio Banderas and George Clooney than Salma Hayek, you have an answer to your question. Hope that helps.
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Last night’s full moon was gorgeous in my neck of the woods, I must say. I even made a point of saying to Wife, “Look at that lovely moon.”
That’s not the sort of search any wife wants to be putting into Google, surely? Oops.
I was admiring the moon last night too. After the day I’ve had today, I might be barking at it tonight.
Anyway, just dropped by to find out more about this brother-in-law…
I even mentioned the moon on my lastest blog entry – clearly it was one to notice – although that was Wednesday’s rather than last night’s.
*(asterisk) Apparently there was a partial eclipse too – I missed that, but Mike has a photo here
LOL No that isn’t the sort of thing any wife wants to be asking Google. Personally, I would ask the man himself.
CP – my BIL is 6’1″, 48 or 49yo, dark hair, brown eyes, used to play rugby but doesn’t anymore, he still goes to watch though. He goes to the gym 3 or 4 times a week, and runs everyday. He has been single for a few years, and has dated a few women but nothing serious – he works strange hours because he’s a sound and lighting engineer and does a lot of evenings and weekends so it’s hard to build up a relationship. I don’t get on with him, but that’s due to a clash of personalities, he’s quite pleasant really.
If you ever come over to Pot Carr again, I’ll suggest an outing there, and we could accidently bump into each other – I don’t know if he would appreciate me fixing him up LOL
Kim – I didn’t see Wednesday’s it was quite overcast here. If it was anything like last night’s I bet it was beautiful. At this time of year it might be chilly at night, but the moon and stars seem really distinct.
Hello! I was going to say something profound about the beautiful moon, but I got quite distracted by the hideous thought of drunken psycopathic wasps. That does it. I am staying inside till November.
Blue moon, reminds me of my grandfather, saying about things that happen rarely ‘it appens once a blue moon’ as well as other gems such as ‘well, I’ll got to the foot of our stairs’
I know the blue moon one now, still mystified by the stairs one (though something about the stairs having a door at the bottom is niggling at my mind)
I love a bright moonlit night. Calm and clean, somehow.
*bows head reverently at the thought of Salma Hayek in “From Dusk ‘Til Dawn”*
JJ – it’s a wise course of action LOL
WBS – LOL My FIL said the foot of our stairs thing to my youngest son when he was about 3 – he just looked really puzzled and asked why. I don’t get that saying either, it doesn’t make any sense.
Steg – yes, and the world always seems really peaceful.
“*bows head reverently at the thought of Salma Hayek in “From Dusk ‘Til Dawn”*”
There, you have proved my point