May moon phases

Waning crescent visibility 26%; age 25 days; 2 May 2016

Waning crescent; visibility 8%; age 28 days; 5 May 2016

Waxing Gibbous; visibility 84% ; age 11 days; 17 May 2016

Waxing Gibbous; visibility 95%; age 13 days; 19 May 2016

Full moon; visibility 99%; age 14 days; 20 May 2016

Full moon; visibility 100%; age 15 days; 21 May 2016

Waning Gibbous; visibility 98%; age 17 days; 23 May 2016

Waning Gibbous; visibility 94%; age 18 days 24 May 2016 

Waning Gibbous; visibility 81%; age 20 days; 26 May 2016

I'm linking my post to Skywatch Friday here

HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU ALL!

Good fences, great tradition

Traveling to the Cape last weekend, it struck me again that Sunday is wash day in rural Southern Africa. I managed a few drive-by photos of laundry on the lines as we passed the houses along the way. 

The house on the left has a baby and a satelite dish to watch cable TV; the house on the right had only a pair of trousers on the line.  A little boy stands in the shadows watching the cars go by

This house has school children: yellow and maroon school uniforms bunched onto the line! (The fence looks rather rickety as well) 

The fence here is acting as a wash line - for MANY clothes!

I'm linking to Good Fences Thursday here

Here's wishing you all a wonderful day! 

Sombre Greenbul

I recorded this bird call with my phone and didn't realize that by holding it straight, the recording image would be on its side !

This is an iconic bird sound in Wilderness: the Sombre greenbul. I do have photos of this bird in my archives (somewhere) but cannot find it in time for this post. I've posted an Internet image of the bird below.  (please click on the bird name link above to read about it) 

Sombre greenbul (Google image) 

I'm linking to Wild Bird Wednesday here

HAPPY WEDNESDAY TO YOU ALL!