By the light of the silvery moon

The full moon taken from the car window

The full moon from  a bridge

While we were in England we had a beautiful full moon. There 's something really magical about the moon when you're travelling , it seems to be leading the way home. When my Mum was  alive we loved to know that we were both looking at the same moon, it made us feel a lot nearer .

Last week I took a photo from the car window while crossing a bridge.

Whenever I see the moon snippets of songs run through my head that my Mum used to sing and a poem she liked by Walter de la Mare. 1873- 1956

Now the moon riding by, turns the whole world to silver

And the birds in their nests

Sing a lullabye to you

Sung by my Mum to the tune of Brahm's lullabye

By the light of the silvery moon
I want to spoon, to my honey I'll croon love's tune
Honeymoon keep on shining in June
we 'll be cuddling soon
This song was written in 1909 and is great for singing when the moon is silver.

             

                Silver by Walter de la Mare

Slowly,silently now the moon

Walks the night in her silver shoon

This way and that, she peers and sees

Silver fruit upon silver trees

One by one the casements catch

Her beams beneath the silvery thatch

Couched in his kennel, like a log

With paws of silver, sleeps the dog,

From their shadowy cotes the white breasts peep

Of doves in a silver- feathered sleep

A harvest mouse goes scampering by

With silver claws and silver eye

And moveless fish in the water gleam,

By silver reeds in a silver stream.

The full moon shining on the Thames