Our days are growing shorter.
Not so very long ago the little birds woke-up just before 5:00 in the morning. Now it is much, much closer to 5:30. Depending on the clouds it can even be closer to 5:45.
The sun sets around 8:35 or so in evening.
Our days are now 14 hours and 33 minutes long, loosing time every day, bringing on the the night faster and faster.
I love the twilight, but I guess you know that by now. I never feel a sense of abandonment or that elemental loneliness that some people feel as night rises from the earth. What I feel is a soundless singing — a hushed exultation as the earth rests and the nocturnal animals and bugs wake
The trees and plants sigh as they start their rest, while the air cools. Then moon breaks forth in silver light, and the stars fling wide and wild across a deep velvet sky.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I love the way you describe this, your words are so beautiful
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Aw thank you, Cheryl!
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We don’t get long, lovely twilights much, being in the tropics. Sun up and down are a brisk, businesslike affair, with the skies saying “right, that’s that, job done, none of this lingering about nonsense”. Our seasonal variation in day length is much less. Even in summer, the sun has been down for a while by 8.30. But our summer stars are sensational!
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And YOU get to see the southern sky, which I have never ever seen! Lucky You!
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It’s very different, but lovely to be able to orient yourself by the Southern Cross instead of by The Plough.
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Beautiful skies you are having… I, too, love that time of day.
Is Rocky the Racoon leaving your feeders alone?
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Yes, they hang on the ditch banks and in the fields. Although, I do have them stealing apricots and cherries.
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The shorter days mean we get to sleep a little later before starting our morning walk!
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Tee Hee, that is true!
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I think probably most people aren’t noticing that there is more darkness as the sun is moving away, but I find it depressing. (I do know that the sun doesn’t move)
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It feels like it moves. I find just the thought of winter depressing!
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Yes, Linda, I only thought last evening how the nights were beginning to draw in. What always amazes me (I too love both dawn and dusk) is how different they are – I love the still ness of both and couldn’t possibly choose which I love best.
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And I know You and the Farmer wake with the Larks!
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Oh NO! I really wish you had not said that – now my summer bubble is burst and back we go to winter . sigh.. c
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Not yet! No! NOT yet! We still have Aug, thorough October to go! I’m hanging onto that thought!
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What is the critter in the last picture, Linda? The sunset pictures were beautiful, BTW. 🙂
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A cat! I was hoping it was Mindy cat, but it wasn’t.
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Mom and I like the beginning of the day better than the end. You make night sound beautiful, but we don’t like dark.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Dark in the city would weird Mom and I out. We agree with you, Cupcake! Boomer
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love the shot thru the fence.
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A good fence..just for you!
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love the messages, and images, from my night-crawling friend…xo from Italy.
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I LOVE walking in the moon light! I’ll bet you do too!
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Thank you Linda
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You probably have longer days than us!
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Goodness! It’s like you crawled right inside my brain! As I was driving Kiernan home from Bible study tonight I realized it was darker than it had been. I’m torn because autumn is my favorite season but I’m not ready for my baby to go back to school yet.
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You are closer to Mother Earth and her rhythms than most of us are! And you write about her so beautifully.
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I love nature! I have trouble understanding cities, although the energy of a city is highly energetic.
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Gorgeous post Linda! I love your words .. Beautiful. So are your photos 😃
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