A Rare Full Moon to Appear on Halloween Night...The First Since 1944

Apparently a rare Full Blue Moon is heading our way, and just in time

for Halloween Night (31st Oct). And yet the last Full Moon to appear on

Halloween hasn't been seen since 1944 during the last World War.

It seems that we wont see another global lunar event like this 

until the year 2039.

More info here at C/NET

Above:  A rising Half Moon during late Summer

Looking up in to the night sky last month (Sept) I couldn't help noticing

a bright red Star. I had seen something like that before. It was of course

the Red Planet Mars.

It has been very visible in the Southern night sky for quite some time now.

Apparently it came closest to Earth on October 6th when it lay directly

opposite of the Earth from the Sun which meant that the Red Planet was at

it's brightest. But it wont be this close again until 2035.

NASA's Perseverance Rover is due to land on the surface of Mars in February 2021.

More at CNN Space & Science

Above:  THE BEAST IS NO MORE - THE DREADED LEYLANDII

THE LEYLANDII WEBSITE

I'm starting to think that wishes can sometimes come true. I say this because around

4 weeks ago I was looking out of my flat window pondering on why I can barely

see anything out of my window thanks to an ever growing Evergreen monster called

the Leylandii Tree. Apparently they grow roughly by 3 feet each year, and not only

in height but in width as well. It seemed to block out everything.

And so on that evening I looked out, I remember wishing that the Leylandii was

gone and that once again I would have that great vista and views outside my window,

the unobstructed views that I remember from 20 years ago. And being that it was

situated just two gardens away, it shrouded my direct neighbour's garden as well as the

back of our house from which I look out of.

Moving forward by one week and I found myself waking up to the sound of a chainsaw.

I looked out and saw a four man team of workmen proceeding to cut down the offending

tree. Oh joy of joy. My wish had come true.

And by mid afternoon the entire tree had come down section by section. It also brought

swathes of new extra light into the flat. And looking at my new views I can see for the

first time a whole new apartment block right opposite me. I can see people getting on

with their busy lives and no doubt they can see me. But how good it is to once again 

see life outside my window.

And best of all, I will now have an unobstructed view of the rising Full Moon from this

side of the house during the Winter months. So I'll be looking forward to that 

Halloween Full Moon.