Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous • Illumination: 58% • Moon Age: 21.36 days • Moon Distance: 385,596.15 km
June first sunrise,
greeted by Gandalf!
A field of June flowers…
and a visitor
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• This month’s colors: Light Blue, White & Cream
• June Birthstones: Pearl, Moonstone, Alexandrite, Agate & Opal
• Flowers associated with June: Rose
• Words of the month: Good Health [cheers to that !], Happy, Friendship, Love, Strong, & Beautiful.
• Astrological signs: Gemini & Cancer
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June first sunset
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Celestial calendar
June 10 • New Moon at 10:54 UTC
June 10 • Annular Solar Eclipse. A ring of light around the darkened Moon. The Sun’s corona is not visible during an annular eclipse. The path of this eclipse will be confined to extreme eastern Russia, the Arctic Ocean, western Greenland, and Canada. A partial eclipse will be visible in the northeastern United States, Europe, and most of Russia.
June 21 • June Solstice at 03:21 UTC. The North Pole of the earth will be tilted toward the Sun, which will have reached its northernmost position in the sky and will be directly over the Tropic of Cancer at 23.44 degrees north latitude. This is the first day of summer (summer solstice) in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of winter (winter solstice) in the Southern Hemisphere.
June 24 • Full Moon, Supermoon at 18:40 UTC. This full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Strawberry Moon because it signaled the time of year to gather ripening fruit. It also coincides with the peak of the strawberry harvesting season. This moon has also been known as the Rose Moon and the Honey Moon. This is also the last of three supermoons for 2021. The Moon will be near its closest approach to the Earth and may look slightly larger and brighter than usual.
[info from seasky]
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Listening to
June Night
Miles Davis trumpet
Sonny Stitt alto and tenor saxophones
Wynton Kelly piano
Paul Chambers bass
Jimmy Cobb drums
Happy June everyone!
Categories: Birthdays, Months, Numbers, Watercolours
Marina Kanavaki 
Wow! Happy June, my friend!
Happy Six, my friend!!!!!!! Half way! 😉
A fabulous introduction to the month of June, dear Marina. Your photos and artwork are simply stunning. Bless you. [ My new url: https://walesforever.cymru/ ]
Ah, thank you, my dear Lizzie! It’s great to see you and your new home. I can’t wait to visit (as soon as I get to a computer!). I’ve missed your wonderful work! 🤗😘🤗
Thank you, Marina. That’s so lovely of you.
The month of June takes its name from Iuno, whom the American Heritage Dictionary describes as “the principal goddess of the pantheon and the wife of Jupiter, worshiped as the goddess of women, marriage, childbirth, and the moon, and as the protector of the state. She came to be identified with the Greek Hera.” That dictionary traces the name to the Latin adjective iuvenis, meaning ‘young’, probably from the goddess’s association with the new moon.
…and coincidentally June is the month we adopted Hera! 😉
That is a SUPER COOL (or HOT), JUNE ARTWORK , Marina ! I Really like this.
Ah, thank you, my dear Nawfal. Just messing a not so spectacular sunrise! 😉🙏
These photos are gorgeous, and that sort of Van Gogh effect is stunning. June is an important month in my family, as was May. Births, deaths, anniversaries. And just so you know, I have two calendars on my wall. One for this year and your 2020 art calendar, because I enjoy your art so much. In a few years, the dates and days will match again. 🙂
Awwww…. thank you so much, my dear Mary Jo. I can’t tell you how happy I am, you’re still enjoying my calendar (yes, in a few years! 🤣😂).
Sending my warmest wishes to you and your family, my dearest friend and many hugs!
Thank you, dearest Marina, and the same back to you!!
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What a gorgeous post to bring in the month of June, Marina. I love that field, and then the visitor…what a great shot! Sending hugs, my friend. 🦋🦋🦋
Aw, thank you, Lauren! Many many hugs to you, my dear friend.
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Lovely post , beautiful photos. Happy June 💜
Ah, thank you, my dear Willow.
A beautiful June to you! 🧡🌻🧡
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Wait, what? June? How so? It was Christmas just a minute ago, right? 😉
💚-ing the effect in the top image 🐓
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Exactly! …and in a minute, it’ll be Christmas again!
Meantime, enjoy mr. 6! 😉🤣
Thank you, my 🐉 friend!
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A ha ha haaaaa.. exactly! ♾
This year is going soooo fast!
Ain’t it just
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…halfway already!
Love the opening painting. 🙂 Happy June, Marina. Yamas!
Thank you, my dear friend! Sunrise wasn’t as spectacular as I expected so I had to …intervene! 😉🤣
Yamas!!!
Another wonderful beginning to a new month. You have the best beginning posts, Marina. Thank you!
Happy June Marina! Wish I had a Gandalf!
The sunset pic is spectacular. My mom’s BD (RIP) is June 10. So, I’m happy the moon is here to remind me.
Okay, dahling, I’m heading off to draw and listen to you Miles selection!
xoxoxoxo 🌝🌚🌜🌛🌖🌗🌒🌘 xoxoxo
My dear friend, You are Galadhrim, the Lady of Light or the Lady of the Golden Wood, the friend of Gandalf. She wore these amazing gowns that look remarkably like your creations.
I meant Galadriel – that spell checker what busy again.
😉🤣 spell checker is working overtime to create a Babel of miscommunication! 🤣🤣🤣
OH! Well, I just drew RB ( creative director)
Wait ’til you see her!
I can hardly wait!!! Hugs!
I can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😊🤗😊🤗😊
Awwwwww….. blushing! You are probably referring to all those otherworldly Art Gowns Resa created! 😉
Blessings for a beautiful June, my dear Rebecca.
That is a beautiful way to remind you, dahling.
A wonderful and very creative (with a completely healed ankle) June, my sweet friend. Mouah!
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Happy June to you! Lovely sunrise and sunset. Beautiful wild flowers – delicate and muted and then the painted lady to top it off… Perfection.
I wonder what part of Canada can see it. Makes me laugh when they can say Eastern Russia but put Canada as if it’s a small place 😉
Ah, thank you, Dale.. just bits and pieces of June! 😉
On the eclipse, you can check out visibility here: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2021-june-10
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Love your bits and pieces 😉
Thanks for the link!
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I hope you’ll be able to see it!
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If I remember… 😉
Hopefully I will, so I’ll remind you! 😉😘
Excellent! I’m counting on you! 😉😘
😬🤔… I better remember now!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣
I won’t hold you to it 😉
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Beautiful first sunrise with the greetings from Gandalf. I love the painterly effect. It looks like you might get to see the partial eclipse on the 10th. You got some great clouds with sun rays shining down that also looks great with a painterly effect. Lovely Painted Lady and delicate purple flowers.
Thank you, my friend. I was hoping for a more inspired painter but I guess mood doesn’t come à la carte! Hence I thought of having a go with an oil paint filter and some interventions! 😉