Moon Dog

Today there is a full moon in Scorpio resulting in a moon dog or moondog (scientific name paraselene, plural paraselenae, i.e. "beside the moon"). This is a relatively rare bright circular spot on a lunar halo caused by the refraction of moonlight by hexagonal-plate-shaped ice crystals in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.

Oil Painting copyright (c) Trevi Bennett 2012

Susie the Dog

Residing in Chicago, Susie spends her days exploring the city and chasing tennis balls. She is ever content to simply keep her owner’s feet warm and kiss their hand with her sloppy tongue. Vacationing in the mountains we took Susie to an open field meant for cross country skiing and let her paws have their way with the corduroy snow...the grass was added later as wishful thinking on Susie’s part.

Oil painting copyright (c) Trevi Bennett 2012