Comments on: Moonrise http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/11/06/moonrise/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:07:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/11/06/moonrise/comment-page-1/#comment-173 erik Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:16:59 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/11/06/moonrise/#comment-173 Interesting! Either way, it was dam beautiful! :-) Sorry... Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon#Full_Moon_names" rel="nofollow">confirms your information</a>. The names of the other moons are interesting. Interesting! Either way, it was dam beautiful!

:-) Sorry…

Wikipedia confirms your information. The names of the other moons are interesting.

]]> By: Betsy http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/11/06/moonrise/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Betsy Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:11:47 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2006/11/06/moonrise/#comment-172 I just found a reference in our paper to the fact that the Colonial Americans called November's full moon the "Beaver Moon". The name signified the time to set (beaver) traps before the swamps froze. The Farmers Almanac reports the name's origin as simply referring to the time of year when beavers are preparing for winter. I just found a reference in our paper to the fact that the Colonial Americans called November’s full moon the “Beaver Moon”. The name signified the time to set (beaver) traps before the swamps froze. The Farmers Almanac reports the name’s origin as simply referring to the time of year when beavers are preparing for winter.

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