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Full Giant Skink Moon

  Full Giant Skink Moon rises Thursday,  8-11-22 right after sunset. There are two other full moons on the 12th and 13. It will be a good month for moon watchers. P and I plan to be there, welcoming the event with wine poured and good wishes in our hearts for you our friends. Why Full Giant Skink Moon, you ask? Because in our personal outdoor space seem to be overrun with them this spring and early summer. Little ones with red heads, Little ones with blue tails. Medium ones with big heads and giant ones with bigger heads. They are quite a trill when one decides to surprise us. The largest ones have heads the size of my big toe, which has been described as a water moccasin head sized big toe. I believe they are Five-Lined Skinks?? Oh, BTW, I skipped a couple of FMAs, life got in the way. I hope you forgive me/enjoyed the break from this swill (whichever fits). 5-15-22 First Locust vocalization of this season in my yard today. yesterday I thought I heard the birthing yelp of one...