Once in a blue moon

Blue moon, you saw me standing alone,

Without a dream in my heart,

Without a love of my own.

From the song by Steve Holy, 1934

The last full moon was on July 2, and tonight it will be full again.   The second full moon in any single month is called the Blue Moon.   It doesn't happen very often.  The last Blue Moon was August 2012 and the next will be January 2018.



Seeing the full moon won't be a problem. We're in the middle of another record-setting heat wave with cloudless skies. Seattle has now had 10 days of 90 degrees or higher this year, shattering the old record.  After this weekend it will be 13 days, with 2 months left to go in summer. Yikes.

It's also Seafair weekend in Seattle, with the Blue Angels screaming around overhead, hydroplane boat races and the general insanity that turns Lake Washington into a big old sloshing bathtub of fun. If you're into that sort of thing. 

Have a good weekend!

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