blue moon – Dina's Wildlife Adventures

It was mid- August and I had heard that the fishing pier in Safety Harbor was closed 2 weeks before when Hurricane Debby skirted by us. The pier was old and was already scheduled to be replaced next year. On the surface it looked okay but it must have had a lot of damage underneath because when Hurricane Helene came through it wiped out the pier completely.

I had a quick walk around the park and was already missing the manatees that you could see when you walked out to the end of the pier. I’m sure they are still out there but it will be hard to see their snouts coming up for air from the park.

Later that afternoon I came back to the pier in hopes of getting some shots of the full blue moon coming up over the water. When I got to the pier I realized there were a lot of clouds along the horizon. It would be much later before the moon was visible above those clouds and it would be much higher at that point. Right before dark I gave up and was heading home.

Turning around to head back to my car I could see the sun setting behind the marina and the clouds moving in. It turned out to be a beautiful night and I was finally able to see the moon from my backyard.

on a beach with about 50 other people and a million mosquitos. I almost didn’t go. I thought, I’ll catch it next year. But then I read it only comes “once in a blue moon” or every couple of years. It’s when there’s a second full month in a month. It won’t happen again until July 2015. So I headed down to Fort Desoto after work on Friday and waiting for the moon to show it’s blue face. I some friends there and we hung out waiting for the moon to clear the clouds that were hanging behind the bridge. Once it came out, it was bright and beautiful. Total worth the 50 or so bug bites I got (even with 2 coats of Off).