Thursday 27 September 2012

Shine on, Shine on Harvest Moon

I have now been "OnThe Pill" for 7 days and daily monitoring of my chest and stomach measurements has so far not revealed any alarming increases.
Janice's theory is that The Complete Man is targeted at dykes and the dubious warning is in case they get "taken off-guard" whilst under the influence!
The Welsh Bard has his own take on the matter:
Baltzer’s life is in a mess,
Filled with minor ills;
Chris’s life is filled with stress,
So he goes to Boots for pills...
Chris has just turned sixty six,
And he’s always been a bloke
So, if the chemist’s up to tricks,
He doesn’t see the joke...
On the packet, Baltzer reads
The info, ‘til he sees at last,
That every pregnant user needs
To see the doctor pretty fast...
And so his latest health kick ends,
As Chris serves Boots with writs:
He’s male, and doesn’t want his friends
To mock his leaky tits...
It’s far too late for that, you clown –
Your secret’s out, and it’s been logged.
Just take those pills and keep ‘em down,
And let us know when you have sprogged!
Meanwhile, it was "Ground Hog" day for the fifth time at The Princess Hall last Monday night on the occasion of the 2012 Rushmoor in Bloom Awards Ceremony.
Unfortunately, only the Mayor changes and it was another Silver Gilt in The Best Allotment class but considering that I had spent considerably less time "down the plot" this year, it was more than I had expected.
As we seem to spend more and more time away from Farnborough now I have decided to down-size the plot.
Currently I have Plot 24A  and half of Plot24B which I share with my old chum Sav.
Next year I will relinquish my half share and reorganise Plot24A which should make the maintenance a bit easier.
Now that the caravan season is drawing to a close we have two holidays booked - 3 weeks in Pafos in October and 3 weeks in Fuzetta in November/December. Hopefully there will be some good days in January for me to make the changes to the allotment because The Algarve beckons again in February.
Back in Lesley we have entered the Bunn Leisure Best Kept Caravan competition and await the results. With a first prize of £500 and runners up of £300 and £200 at each of the three sites, we thought it was worth making the effort.
It does look really nice and all the credit for the flowers and shrubs must go to Janice. I just buy the plants!
On the Lunar front, The Harvest Moon is coming this weekend! The moon has been waxing larger each night, and full moon is the night of September 29-30, 2012. In traditional skylore, the Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox came on September 22. That makes the September 29-30 full moon the Harvest Moon.
So why is this moon called the Harvest Moon?
The shorter-than-usual time between moonrises around the full Harvest Moon means no long period of darkness between sunset and moonrise for days in succession. In the days before tractor lights, the lamp of the Harvest Moon helped farmers to gather their crops, despite the diminishing daylight hours. As the sun’s light faded in the west, the moon would soon rise in the east to illuminate the fields throughout the night.
Take it away Neil! 

Hey Ho!