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April’s full moon is “The Pink Moon”
April’s full moon namesake in our garden
The Old Farmer’s Almanac calls the April 24th full moon “The Pink Moon”. This name has nothing to do with the color of the moon. It won’t be pink, but instead it will appear as the usual normal bright white moon. The name instead comes from the bloom of the ground phlox, a pink flower common in North America that blooms in mid to late April.
Maple tree helicopters – whirligigs
It’s the time of year for Maple trees to put on their wonderful flying seeds: helicopters, whirligigs or other fun names!
March 28th
It is now two weeks later, April 11th
Soon there will be thousands of whirligigs on the ground, and, yes, filling the gutters and downspouts. Spring is here in Indiana.
New York and New Jersey hit with 4.8 magnitude earthquake
New York and New Jersey felt the earth shake less than an hour ago at 10:30 AM. The quake registered 4.8 on the Richter Scale. Reports of shaking have already been reported from Maine to Maryland.
Location of the 4.8 magnitude quake, map courtesy USGS
Early reports have not mentioned any severe damage. Several agencies in the area have ordered stops to services until inspections can be performed on infrastructure. Earthquakes are rare in the U.S. Northeast.
Indiana prepares for the total solar eclipse
Central Indiana is fortunate to be directly on the route of the long awaited total solar eclipse. Small town Shelbyville is pulling out all the stops in preparation for this exciting event.
On the town square
Announcing the eclipse
Downtown store front decorations
Statewide excitement about the eclipse
Shelbyville is directly in the perfect viewing path of the eclipse. Hopefully the skies will be clear on April 8th. If not, you will have to wait until 2044 for the next eclipse viewing!
Everyone’s on board for the eclipse
This house always has elaborate Holiday decorations. A total eclipse warrants Mr. Bones sporting a custom shirt.
Spring growth on the way
Creeping Phlox
Roses coming
Hosta’s
Seeing new spring growth is always enjoyable…
Fun rest stop on I-5
Maple tree whirligigs
Maple seeds beginning to develop
It won’t be long until there will be hundreds (if not thousands) of those twirling, spinning maple tree seeds flying to Earth. The technical term for this winged seed is samara, but you probably refer to them as helicopters or whirligigs.
Cold day and puffed up Cardinals
Feels like -7, this pair of backyard Cardinals was enjoying the sunlight.
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