I'd thought I hadn't taken any moon photos in this year, but I was wrong! I took one back in February.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Hope you enjoy my discovery as much as I am!

[Deuxcents]

1. February moon is the snow moon and my birthday moon

So thank you for remembering the picture as it’s the last post I’ll see before I call it a day and smile doing so 🙏

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Wow, thank you so much, my dear Deuxcents!

I'm happy that I can help end your day with a smile on your face.

[3catwoman3]

2. I never tire of looking at the moon, either in the sky or...

…in your many lovely photographs.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Aw, thank you so much for your lovely comments, my dear3catwoman3!

Glad I can provide you with beauty!

[George McGovern]

5. Whoa - I'm glad you "were wrong" Peggy! Great shot!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thanks so much, my dear Allan, for your great comments!

Very much appreciated.

[HeartsCanHope]

6. Perfect lightning and such a great shot!

Thanks so much for posting, CaliforniaPeggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thank you so much, my dear HeartsCanHope!

Finding it was a very pleasant surprise!

[FemDemERA]

7. Lovely!

Thank you, Peggy, for sharing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Thanks very much, my dear FemDemERA!

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

And sharing is so easy!

[Buddyzbuddy]

8. Nice shot CP. So much detail captured.

It's odd, it feels so desolate as though I'm there all alone. I can hear the quiet.

Thank you for sharing.
Be well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Thanks for your thoughtful remarks, my dear Buddyzbuddy!

It does have a desolate feeling to it. No trees, or mountains or anything. It was by itself in the sky, which for me, makes it easier to capture.

I can hear the quiet too.

[HAB911]

9. always worthwhile to review old photos

passed up at the time. it's like a trip of discovery

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Thanks so much, my dear HAB911!

Before I posted this photo, I went through my Moon file on SmugMug to see if I'd already put it there. If I found it, that meant that I had indeed posted it before.

This year has been pretty tough, and I think that was why I'd forgotten it.

Definitely a trip of discovery!

[riversedge]

15. It's hard to imagine that humans actually walked on the surface of the moon--its so cold, so

far away---so scary to me.

[Skittles]

16. I think about that often when I look at the moon

as an American child in a foreign land, I was so proud

it also amazes me to think of all the people who have lived on this earth and looked up at that same moon

[regnaD kciN]

17. Spectacular...!

I think catching a crescent moon is more impressive than a full one.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Thank you for your support, my dear regnaD kciN! (love your username, btw)

And I agree about which is more impressive: a crescent moon or a full one.

Full moons are great to see but they don't work very well in a photograph. A flat circle. While the crescent moon in all its varied phases shows the craters in vivid detail. I love bringing those details out.