Mulch A-Moon about Nothing

Wednesday: Day One of a nice break from the work and travels of spring. My first order of business was receiving this year's load of finely-shredded hardwood mulch from Pope Sand & Gravel:

I was ready to tackle this pile, with the sun shining so brightly and the breezes coming from the west with a bit of gusto behind them...

After supper, when I rolled the trashcan out to the curb for Thursday morning's trash collection, I looked up to see a most glorious moon, which I am wholly incapable of property photographing:

But it was striking and quite a sight to behold: