Full August Moon rising over our blueberry barrens in Maine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Native North American Indian Tribes have different names for the August Full Moon. One of the most popular names is the Sturgeon Moon because this large fish is caught in the Great Lakes during this time. Another name is the Full Red Moon because it often appears through a sultry reddish haze. The Dakotah Sioux call the August full moon “The Moon When All Things Ripen”. The Ojibwa tribe of Northern Minnesota and Canada call this the Blueberry Moon, because this is the season when the berries on their lands ripen. Here on the north side of a small mountain in Maine it is blueberry harvesting time. We are thankful for this season’s bountiful harvest and honor the moon and all the fairy folk who helped to sweeten the fruit to ripening. This August full moon is also being called a Super-moon because it occurred when the moon was closet to Earth in it’s orbit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here at the farm children dance with fairy folk by the light of the moon.

 

 

 

 

 

Fairies by moonlight sparkle and glow, enchanting the barrens where the blueberries grow. Have you ever walked in the evening with the fairy folk? Like little lanterns or fireflies they glimmer and shine, illuminating my pathway as I walk in the silence of a full August Moon. Everywhere I look around myself is peaceful, perfect… as if walking in a dream.