Finest Posts - Nominations For April 2019

April Fools' Day. It is HOT. BLAZING HOT. The whole month has been that way and no sign of rains. God help us this year. The shower of nominations in March was moderate, where numbers were concerned, but I am glad to say that was not the case where quality was concerned. Thank you all for the great threads and posts that you picked up.

It is time for school holidays for kids in India. So parents will be extremely busy, I can well imagine. But on the flip side, I am sure there will be plenty of stuff happening to write about. So here's looking forward to loads of interesting stuff as well as to a lot of nominations in this coming month. As good a way as any other of taking our minds off the cauldron outside.

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Moonset one early morning​

 

The heat is not too conducive for the few, left over grey cells to work. So the crisp, short post. As for the moonset, it has a cooling effect early in the morning just before the sun rises and makes for another hot day!

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This is the actual story behind the pic (with dates). Top Left: Moon rise as I was leaving work one late evening. Two days later: Moon set as I was waiting for a vehicle to take me to work.

For a night owl, waking up at 5 am is a challenge roughly equivalent to running 10 full marathons at a stretch. Firstly it is hard to trust the alarm clock. What if it does not go off? So it has to be supervised through the night. On the hour, every hour, if not more often. Then just as the mind decides to take a trip to lalaland at around 3.30 or 4 am, it is nearly time to wake up. No point going to sleep. It makes life more difficult.

But all is not so bad. I step out of the house and am greeted by a setting moon (top right). On my way to work, it is still somewhat dark. Well not completely. The horizon is a vague purplish pink heralding the dawn. I get to work. As I enter the classroom, I am greeted by a wonderful sight - the rising sun (bottom left). I can't resist taking a pic through the translucent green curtain too (bottom right).

Though I missed 'moonrise' that day there was no reason to feel bad. My joys had come full circle. Waking up early is not such a bad thing after all - if only I could fall asleep on time. Some days the sheep seem to breed faster than I can count them!

 

Thanks Amulet and Afresh. I greatly appreciate your nominations of a very apt post in the aptest forum for appreciations.