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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Attention to Sunsets


Attention to Sunsets

We were away from home last weekend.  Each evening we sat, paid attention to the setting sun, watched the colours change, the shadows grow and felt the chill of twilight.


Trees became silhouettes as sunlight splashed gold on cloud bellies.  We saw pink and grey become orange and slate at dusk.



We watched the setting sun reflected on waters in bays and rivers.  We watched the sun, a molten disc, dip sizzling into the ocean.


This photo belongs to K and L Banks

We sat in the darkness as it closed around us and watched the full moon rise and the stars twinkle on.  Here and here and then another, and then more.



We were away from home last weekend and each nightfall was a spectacle.  Vibrant, peaceful, lovely.

Each evening was a gift.


Photos and words are copyright Carol Steel, unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Evening Song



Evening Song

Do you see the grackle,
a  silhouette
on the birch,
his song harsh
like a rusted hinge,
his eye,
yellow as the sun?
He inflates
his chest and sings.
Listen…
hear him scrape open
the gates of  evening.
His metallic squawk
sings
down
the sun,
invites the darkness in.


Wait,
do you see the grackle,
his iridescent silhouette?
Listen…
hear him screech...
calling down the darkness,
summoning
the moon.


The photo is mine.