Once In A Blue Moon
Snowy Night. Winter landscape with full Blue Moon.
If something happens “once in a blue moon” it happens very rarely, but it does happen and I see this idiom as an expression for a miracle. I love the phrase!
This month there actually will be a Blue Moon on December 31, New Year’s Eve. How magical this sounds! But, what is a Blue Moon?
Traditionally, the Farmers’ Almanac referred to the Blue Moon as an extra full moon that occurred in a season. A season normally had three full moons. If a season had four full moons, then the third of the four full moons was known as a blue moon. According to modern folklore, a Blue Moon is the second full moon in a calendar month and it’s this kind of modern Blue Moon that we’ll see this month.
Here’s a desktop wallpaper to put you in the mood for the Full Blue Moon. Snowy Night, a desktop picture with a magical, moonlit winter wonderland. Blue and white snow drifts, the full moon and a starry sky.
Save this wallpaper to your computer.
Tags: blue, desktop wallpaper, full moon, landscape, nature, peaceful, sky, stars, tranquil, white, winter
Dear Kate, i too adore this “once in a blue moon” phrase and your wallpaper is gorgeous! Ohhh thanks for the information on the blue moon one new year eve…i would keep an eye on the moon tat night! Have a lovely merry happy weekend and love to yoU!
Oh I didn’t know that! How magical – I will tell my boys and we will look out for it – Hope you have a wonderful holidays :)
HI, Kate,
I just checked out your blog for the first time this year. (Yes, I have been super busy also!) Wow! Your photography through the eyes of an artist is amazing and thrilling..I just kept scrolling slowly to absorb all the beautiful scenes of winter in Sweden.
Keep up the fantastic work.
June