There’s truth in the old Joni Mitchell song that says: “Don’t it always seem to go/that you don’t know what you got till it’s gone?” Perhaps that’s one reason why we seem to pay so much more attention to sunlight in these days approaching the Winter Solstice, when daylight dwindles.
We’re in an extra warm period right now. November ended rather cold, but now, in the first week of December, we’re seeing temperatures that rivaled the coldest August days this year!
We almost always see a warming trend right about now, which plays havoc with our romantic notions of a white Christmas, but this year we’re apparently experiencing more warmth—and with it, more rain—than usual for this time of year.
Still, there’s beauty to be found wherever one looks. More so toward the end of last week, when we had a couple mornings of stunning (if sailor-warning) red sunrises.
Plenty of beauty, whether it be rare, or dwindling daylight, or not.
Mark, I’ve always loved the quality of light this time of year (what there is of it, when it isn’t so overcast that there isn’t any). It never really becomes a full white daylight; more of a warm golden twilight that doesn’t quite reach the ground. Yes, there is beauty to be found everywhere.
I absolutely agree with you, Angie! (Headed Straight into Darkness) (Season of Darkness, Season of Light).