Super blue moon was super, but not blue. Adagio's Bella Luna tea is super and blue!

Viewing the super blue moon 

This week, we enjoyed two rare, but super events:  a super blue moon and Adagio's super blue tea, Bella Luna. We're savoring these two experiences as we have a bit of a wait before we get a chance to see either again.

On August 30th, a super blue moon could be viewed in the dark sky. A "super moon" (according to NASA) occurs when the Moon, in its orbit, is closest to the Earth and is a "full moon".  As we noted back in our blog from August of 2021, (Adagio's Bella Luna Blue tea comes once in a blue moon) a "blue moon", in its most popular definition, takes place when there are two full moons in one month. So, to have a super blue moon is quite extraordinary. Here at BTS, we celebrated with a late evening walk and a cup of Adagio's Bella Luna Blue Tea.

Adagio's Bella Luna only available on blue moons

Bella Luan tea is super and blue!

The next super blue moon won't be back until 2037, but the next "full moon", per its other definition, will be back August of next year. That will be a "seasonal blue moon", meaning four full moons in an astrological season. 

And, as we called out in the August 2021 blog, Adagio Bella Blue tea is only sold during a blue moon, so while it won't be available until next summer, the good news is, we won't be on hold for another decade-plus.

Chris sets up telescopes at last sky viewing event in Michigan

In between this week's super blue moon and next August's blue moon, there's another exciting sky adventure happening:  the solar eclipse. Conveniently occurring near 2/3 of the BTS team's shared birthday, the date of the eclipse is April 8th. The stars have further aligned so that the entire BTS team (Barb, Rachel and Pam), along with spouses and telescopes, will be traveling to a location in Ohio in the path of the eclipse for optimum viewing. Perhaps, we'll celebrate with both tea and cake!

This year, my husband, Chris, signed us up to a local astronomy club to learn more about the night skies and our two telescopes. Our latest adventure was a camp-out weekend this month at a dark sky area in the thumb of Michigan.  We're on the start of our learning curve, but in between classes, we were treated to some pretty spectacular views of the moon and stars.  Stay tuned to more on the lune!