I wasn’t planning to write anything tonight, but after going on a little midnight walk to see the full moon, I can’t resist sharing the magic. I have been anxiously awaiting tonight’s peak all day and have been busy ‘getting ready’. The children and I have been spending extra time with the chickens these past couple of days. I did some necessary tidying of the coop and even threw in a few flower petals as a treat for them. We cut the grass on the main lawn in time for a change in the weather again. It’s supposed to start raining sometime tomorrow afternoon I see. I even managed to re-sow new pots of spicy salad leaves which will hopefully last us several weeks like the last ones did. In the Biodynamic calendar, today was a ‘leaf day’ right before the full moon so germination is good at this time for plants you want to grow for their leaves. Also, when the moon is in its descending position in the sky as it is now, the focus is on what is happening in the soil. The full moon tonight is in a very low position in the sky from where I am on Earth, despite our hilltop position. So low that its glow is appearing by way of shafts of moonlight across our land. I had to search for it a little by finding a bright beam to stand in. It’s incredibly bright! Luckily, it is windy and there are only a couple of small oddly stretched clouds around. One of our cats appeared out of a dark cover of trees in the lane, greeted me and rubbed himself against my legs while we watched. The “Strawberry Moon” coincides with the ripening of the wild strawberries that grow on verges and in the cracks between paving slabs we have been enjoying this week. The tiny red pearls packed with sweet strawberry flavour that I wish I had a whole jar of to preserve for later. I’ll see if I can collect a few tomorrow for a tiny pot. The beauty of them is also in the rarity, so I think it would take a lot of luck to find enough. Besides, they are far too lovely not to share with all of the other creatures and children that love them too.