Quote of the Week

by Leslie Cox; Sunday; March 16, 2025

St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time – a day to begin transforming
winter’s dreams into summer’s magic.

~ Adrienne Cook

Front garden under snow Summer view from our front porch

Foto Friday

by Leslie Cox; March 14, 2025

We had a total lunar eclipse on the evening of March 13 and into the early morning hours of March 14. I was fortunate to catch a glimpse of the blood red-coloured moon at almost its total eclipse point, even though the night sky in Black Creek was semi cloudy. Unfortunately, the conditions were not good enough for me to get a night photograph of the moon.

But I did capture a good image of the January 31 – February 1, 2018 total lunar eclipse. This event was extra special as it was the third in a series of “supermoons” according to Nasa’s website, as well as being the second full moon in January which made it a “blue moon”. And because the planets were all lined up in our part of the world that night, we were treated to a total lunar eclipse which made the moon turn a blood red colour as Earth aligned itself between its moon and the Sun. Nasa dubbed the event a “super blue blood moon”.

Word of the Week

by Leslie Cox; Monday; March 10, 2025

nobilis, nobile (NO-bil-is)

…means famous or renowned; could also mean noble

Examples:

Hepatica nobilis – liverwort
Laurus nobilis – bay laurel; a plant of great renown
Corydalis nobilis – Siberian corydalis; one of the largest corydalis
Achillea nobilis – noble yarrow
Wollemia nobilis – in this case “nobilis” gives reference to the Australian botanist who discovered this remarkable tree, Davis Noble. (Also known as Wollemi Pine.)