Moon Phase Art

I'm just back from another fun weekend in Port Dover with my sister, her beau, and my friend Brigitte, who also brought along her youngest son Avery and his good friend Hisham. The weather was unsettled for most of the two days, and it really poured in the early evening and most of the night on Saturday. Luckily, we had just left the beach before the torrential rains hit the area. Today, we dropped the boys off on the beach and went off to see a small exhibition of local crafts people. One vendor in particular caught our attention and we ended up each getting a rather unique pendant. The design was based on the moon phase on the day of our birth, and it turned out to be a rather interesting adventure in moon phases. My sister and I, who already share a Zodiac sign, were both born on a new moon. Apparently, this makes us sensitive and creative. I was more struck by how unusual that must be in a family. She is a Sunday child, full of blithe and good and gay, whereas I am the "has far to go" Thursday girl. Our friend Brigitte was the opposite, a full moon, Friday baby who is loving and giving. As a social worker, and as a friend, she certainly does have those attributes in spades.

The pendants show the new moon as a blue circle, while the full moon is white and will glow in the dark, which the vendor assured Brigitte will be quite the conversation starter in a nightclub. As a trio of jewellery fans, we each ended up getting one, with me treating Brigitte to hers as an early birthday present. Having dealt with our moons, we returned to the beach in time to see the end of the afternoon rain and the unveiling of the sun. The water was warm enough, and we played in the lake for a few hours with the boys before heading home this evening.



If you'd like to see your own birth moon phases, there is a quick link here.