The Sturgeon Moon...

An imported native American name that seems to have become accepted in the UK, August’s full Moon was traditionally called the "Sturgeon Moon" because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this part of summer...

This full Moon is also a Blue Moon. Specifically, it’s a seasonal Blue Moon, meaning that it’s the third of the four full Moons to occur within the season of summer. Typically, only three full Moons happen in a season, but when the dates of the full Moons and those of the equinoxes and solstices line up just right, a fourth full Moon can manage to fit into the season as well. The third full Moon in the series is then considered to be a Blue Moon.

The Flower Moon...

 The full moon this evening: folklore refers to the late May full moon as the "flower moon"...

Dean Farm and Church Hill...

A short walk to Dean Farm via Church Hill today...

Anenomes, Mays Wood

View of the bridge from Lower Church Hill

The Medway, looking south from Church Hill...

The M2 bridge from Upper Church Hill...

"I can fly-tip what I like, it's my land...!": chalk spoil dumped at Upper Church Hill..

St. Michaels church yard...

White Comfrey...

Riggals Court from Six Acres...

Cuxton from Six Acres...

Dean Farm...

Celandines at Upper Bush...

Day time moon...

Lunar halo...

Combination of 1/1000th and 1/8 second exposures to capture this evening's strange halo arouns the moon...

Lunar halo..

The Moon's A Balloon...

A stroll into Rochester today, to see the remarkable giant inflatable model of the Moon that has been strung up inside the Cathedral...

Rochester Cathedral from the south...

The far side...

The Moon, as we see it from Earth, although usually from a more equatorial outlook...