It was about time I pulled some of my recent straight-on photographs of the Moon together into a single wallpaper.

The process reminded me of a children's rhyme (1922) by a well-known Russian poet, Korney Chukovsky, about a bear who really-really wanted to live on the Moon!

So I translated the excerpt below (with some liberties):

'Neath the pine

On the ground,

In a glade

Wolves abound,

Where they sit snarling and stare,

"Hey, you, clumsy Buffoon,

Do not chase

The Moon,

Now return at once, you must, Bear!"

The original:

А внизу

Под сосной,

На поляне

Лесной,

Ощетинившись,

Волки сидят:

«Эх ты, Мишка шальной,

Не гонись

За луной,

Воротись, косолапый, назад!"

(К. Чуковский, 1922)