Supermoon? What supermoon?

September 28th, 2015 | Bodega

Super moonIn today’s post I feel like I should be saying “Move along, nothing to see”, as the police might do at the scene of an accident. The reason I say this is because whilst we are supremely busy in the bodega, the jobs that we are doing don’t really lend themselves to very interesting photographs. At the moment we are systematically adding bentonite to the tanks, which involves some re-hydration (bentonite comes in sacks of dull, grey, dry granules), and then adding this to the tanks and mixing it for an hour or two. It would make a very boring video, just a shot of pumps and hoses spread around the floor, thereby leaving me scratching my head wondering what picture I could use to illustrate today’s task. In the end I have opted for something completely different.

Yesterday night there was a lot of interest in the supermoon or blood moon, which, owing to the vagaries of the Galician weather, I didn’t see. Apparently the skies were clear, but regrettably on the Ria where I live, we were shrouded in thick fog…. typical! Indeed, my only glimpse of said ‘supermoon’ occurred when I arrived at the bodega early this morning (see photo) – what a disappointment, I guess I’ll have to wait another generation to get a better view!Super moonIn today’s post I feel like I should be saying “Move along, nothing to see”, as the police might do at the scene of an accident. The reason I say this is because whilst we are supremely busy in the bodega, the jobs that we are doing don’t really lend themselves to very interesting photographs. At the moment we are systematically adding bentonite to the tanks, which involves some re-hydration (bentonite comes in sacks of dull, grey, dry granules), and then adding this to the tanks and mixing it for an hour or two. It would make a very boring video, just a shot of pumps and hoses spread around the floor, thereby leaving me scratching my head wondering what picture I could use to illustrate today’s task. In the end I have opted for something completely different.

Yesterday night there was a lot of interest in the supermoon or blood moon, which, owing to the vagaries of the Galician weather, I didn’t see. Apparently the skies were clear, but regrettably on the Ria where I live, we were shrouded in thick fog…. typical! Indeed, my only glimpse of said ‘supermoon’ occurred when I arrived at the bodega early this morning (see photo) – what a disappointment, I guess I’ll have to wait another generation to get a better view!

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