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A Pink Moon
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tigerburnie
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Well it's sort of pinkish
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alan refail
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"In many cultures, including Native American tribes, people named the full moons throughout the year as a way to keep track of time.
So although April's full moon is known as the Pink Moon, don't expect it to look particularly pink!
It's named after pink flowers called wild ground phlox, which bloom in early spring and appear throughout the United States and Canada.
It is also called the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon and the Fish Moon in other parts of the world."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39552622
So although April's full moon is known as the Pink Moon, don't expect it to look particularly pink!
It's named after pink flowers called wild ground phlox, which bloom in early spring and appear throughout the United States and Canada.
It is also called the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon and the Fish Moon in other parts of the world."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39552622
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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We only got a glimpse of it at about 10.15 pm last night as there was a lot of broken cloud here in north Dorset. This evening was a spectacular moonrise, though, as it was a gorgeous deep blood red as it rose over the horizon (Hambledon Hill for us, if anyone knows north Dorset). Paler and brighter now, though, with Venus incredibly bright over the other, western, horizon. A wonderful sight after seeing another wonderful one today - the return of the swallows.
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Stephen wrote:Apparently this term isn't to do with the actual colour (according to someone on the Today programme)
Seem to recall it was to do with a flower that comes into bloom this time of year.
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Some of our local Ladies were out last night, dancing naked around the Boundary Oak tree....of course, being good village folk, they were 2 metres apart... 
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Shallot Man
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oldherbaceous wrote:Some of our local Ladies were out last night, dancing naked around the Boundary Oak tree....of course, being good village folk, they were 2 metres apart...
No photo's OH.
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oldherbaceous
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The flash on my camera isn't working, Shallot Man...
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
There's no fool like an old fool.
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