Is spring just around the corner?

Daffodils
Here in Ireland, many consider the 1st of February, St Brigid’s Day, the first day of spring. And there are certainly signs out there. Daffodils leaves beginning to show, even the first snowdrops and crocus flowers are on show. The birds are more vocal in the morning and there are even signs that they are beginning to pair up.
Tonight, if the rain clears, we may even get a super blood blue moon! The ‘blue moon’ refers to the second full moon in a calendar month. The ‘super moon’ as the moon will be 14% brighter (as it is closer to the earth this week). The ‘blood moon’ because there will be a lunar eclipse when the moon will fall under earth’s shadow. Unfortunately we will see less of the “blood” than those of you on the west coast of the US!
Happy moon watching!

Moonlight over the garden pond
But will probably be cloudy at night as of our storms arrive at night.
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I was just driving home from work – its about 8.30pm here and I can see light behind the clouds – but unfortunately too many clouds to see the moon – maybe later!
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It has been cloudy most of the day. It has been awhile since I seen the moon.
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Thought I saw the moon, turned out it was the nearby schools security light!!
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Light pollution!!!!
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The moon was lovely last night, but tonight there’ll be snow. Ah, well!
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We actually got our best view this morning about 7.30am – it was lovely!
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Our opportunity was to see it this morning and we had clouds, disappointing!
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I saw it very briefly last night but did see it this morning but it slipped behind the clouds before I could get a photo! Next time maybe!
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How fascinating – never knew about the super blood blue moon. Presumably it could have been spotted from England? Hurrah for St Brigid’s Day.
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Yes, you can check out a great photo here from Saint Paul’s Cathedral London – https://www.rte.ie/news/galleries/2018/0201/937496-supermoon/
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And so I did. Wonderful pictures – thanks very much.
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