Harvest Moon

I put some beautiful herbs (rose petals, rose hips, sage, lemon balm) into a large glass jar, filled it with water, 

And let it sit out in the moon light.

In the morning, it looked like this...

We added some honey, and sipped it all day, drinking in the tea that was made while we were sleeping, brewed by the light of the harvest moon.

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The Harvest moon was Sept. 12, which means the Sept. equinox is almost here.  This is taken from another web site (see link), and I am using it to help explain the equinox to my kids.  They find it so interesting (and so do I)

The September Equinox Explained

The September equinox occurs at 09:04 (or 9:04am) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on September 23, 2011. It is also referred to as the autumnal or fall equinox in the northern hemisphere, as well as the spring or vernal equinox in the southern hemisphere (not to be confused with the March equinox). This is due to the seasonal contrasts between both hemispheres throughout the year.

The equinox will occur in the evening of September 22, 2010, for locations on US Eastern Daylight Time or further west. To find the September equinox date in other time zones or other years, please use the Seasons Calculator.

This illustration, which shows an example of the September equinox, is not to scale.

What happens during the September equinox?

The sun crosses the celestial equator and moves southward in the northern hemisphere during the September equinox. The location on the earth where the sun is directly overhead at solar noon is known as the subsolar point. The subsolar point occurs on the equator during the September equinox and March equinox. At that time, the earth’s axis of rotation is perpendicular to the line connecting the centers of the earth and the sun. This is the time when many people believe that the earth experiences 12 hours of day and night. However, this is not exactly the case.