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A sunset walk in photos

In still, silent air, my daughter and I went for a sunset walk. We did the walk a couple days before and saw the single line animal track, shared below, and we thought it was a fox’s. Today we saw what we thought were deer, a dog or coyote, and rabbit tracks around our previous tracks. These tracks make me wonder how often animals cross our trodden paths and without the snow telling the story we are oblivious.

It’s amazing how good a walk can make you feel, especially when you can surround yourself with trees, and observe the natural world. Walks work to lift your spirits. They brighten your day, even as the sun sets.

Here are a few photos from my evening walk last night.

Into darkness

The days are getting shorter now. It’s really noticeable when you get up as early as I do. I’m used to starting in darkness, but with a hint of light that continually gets brighter. Now it just stays dark well after my writing and meditation. This doesn’t bug me now, but it starts to get harder when it’s dark heading to work and also dark coming home.

(As a funny side note, how do flat earth’ers explain the seasons and different length of days at different times of the year?)

Growing up in Barbados, much closer to the equator, the sun was up most days between 5:30 and 6am, and set between 6 and 6:30pm. The days were quite consistent in length all year. And so we didn’t have longer summer days the way we have here in Canada… but we also didn’t have short dark (or cold) winter days.

I can’t imagine living much farther North where the sun only shows for a few hours in the winter. I think I’d go a little stir crazy. As it is, I’ve already noticed the darkness creeping in, and I know that it can affect my mood. The cold does the same. It’s something I need to stay aware of. I use a daylight light at work, and as always, load up on my Vitamin D. And I dress warmer than most to keep the cold out. These are ways for me to keep the darkness outside from creeping in.