Blue Moon

As in once in a.

This celestial non-event (generated from a quirk in the calendar) lured the Professor out on a Friday night. Anoka, a sleepy river town for many years, has finally developed a night-life, not burgeoning by any means, but exponentially bigger than it was when I first moved here thirty years ago. The "Port of Anoka", catering to the pontoon set, was as full as the blue moon itself:



Lovers, caught in a halo, strolled along the dam:



Flat-mates explored their new apartment:



Finally, I spied the majestic celestial orb rising over main street:



The blue moon and the city’s water tower made for an evocative pairing: