Snow ... aglow

On the eve of the winter solstice, the sun peeks out below departing snow clouds with her promise of longer, warmer days to come.

Through a screen, darkly

Sunset, December 10, 2009

The Sony digital camera I use at work couldn't get its mind off the window screen, and I'm not sure how to turn off autofocus. As it happens, I rather like this effect.

Racing toward the solstice

Today at around 3:45, as I was updating the address-label document I keep on my computer for Christmas cards, I realized with some shock: The sun is setting. Fast.

Where did the day go? Where does the time go? How can it be December already? Time, you old rascal. There's just no stopping you.

We appreciate the sunsets, if not their premature arrival.

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In the still of the morn

6:55 am, moonset over Brushneck Cove. Not even a whisper of wind.
(If you click on this photo, you can see the brant geese.)

This morning Lady Moon was caught by the bare branches – a pale moth in a tangle of hair.