FULL MOON

I took this picture  some time last month and  the image was not so clear.  I thought I'd keep it in my files. Coincidentally last week I saw that a fellow blogger had a similar picture on her blog.  While the quality of her photo is better than mine I mentioned to her that I would post mine to show the similarity.  The first picture is from my  downstairs window at 6:00 AM and as you can see it's still dark outside. I realized that my angle from where I was  standing was not very conducive to capture the full effect of the moon and  since I couldn't run outside in my pajamas I figured I'd run upstairs and get a better shot from there. Finally in front of another window I started to shoot and again I realized that I had forgotten to change the camera setting and had no time to remove the window screen. Once again the old cliche "haste makes waste.." seems apt. 

DREAM CATCHER

The legend of "Dream Catcher" goes back to OJIBWA Nation. Well what is a "Dream Catcher?" I've seen them in different places and wondered about the story behind it. Here it is . Native Americans of the Great Plains believed that the air is filled with good and bad dreams. Historically dream catchers were made by tying sinew ( tendon) strands in a web around willow tree frame and they were hung in the "tepee" or lodge and on the child's bed. According to this legend, the good dreams pass through the center hole to the sleeping person. The bad dreams are trapped in the web, where they perish in the morning. The original dream catchers were intended to dry out or collapse as the child grew older. Today you can find all sizes with different ornamentation, but the circular shape remains the same.Now you know the history....