“Autumn’s the mellow time.” – William Allingham

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton

For northern hemisphere dwellers, September’s Full Moon was the Harvest Moon. Reflecting warm hues at sunset, it rises behind cypress trees huddled on a hill top in Tuscany, Italy in this telephoto view from September 28. Famed in festival, story, and song, Harvest Moon is just the traditional name of the full moon nearest the […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 30, 2023: Picture of Pinto beans (seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris). More Info

Wikipedia article of the day is Secretarybird. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savannas of the sub-Saharan region. It is a very large bird with an eagle-like body on crane-like legs that […]

“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” – Pablo Picasso

“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.” – Robert Green Ingersoll

Back from asteroid 101955 Bennu, a 110-pound, 31-inch wide sample return capsule rests in a desert on planet Earth in this photo, taken at the Department of Defense Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City last Sunday, September 24. Dropped off by the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft, the capsule looks charred from the extreme temperatures […]

Partly Cloudy today! With a high of 26C and a low of 26C. 76 Humidity. 16 C currently. 8 Km/h Wind from South.

Wikipedia picture of the day on September 29, 2023: This ceiling fresco in Michaelskapelle, a historic church in Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg, depicts Michael the Archangel’s victory over Satan and fallen angels. Today is Michaelmas. More Info