I went outside to see if our Amish neighbors were coming down to cut some of our peonies when I saw the moon still somewhat low in the sky. So I went back in and got my camera with my long lens. I'm not sure how much of this deep color is due to the smoke in the atmosphere because of the wild fires in Canada. Better on black!
The name of this last full moon of the spring, which is sometimes the first full moon of the summer, has nothing to do with the moon’s appearance or color. The strawberry moon got its name from Native American tribes “to mark the ripening of ‘June-bearing’ strawberries that are ready to be gathered,” according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which notes, “As flowers bloom and early fruit ripens, June is a time of great abundance for many.”
