Perigee Moon

In honor of this weekend's perigee moon, the largest of this year, a poem from one of my favorite collections of Mother Goose rhymes, illustrated by Charles Addams (click image to view larger):

Girls and boys, 

Come out to play.

The moon does shine

As bright as day.

Come with a hoop,

Come with a call,

Come with a good will,

Or not at all.

Bathing Beauties

I grew up swimming competitively, and Esther Williams was one of the only female swimming stars on my radar. Since she passed away last week I've been re-watching one of my favorite Esther Williams homages, the fantastic dream sequence from The Great Muppet Caper:



Here's a montage of water scenes from Esther's films:



They're well worth watching, and great for beating the summer heat!