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Simply..keeping the twilight....

8/2/2017

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I am enjoying dipping into The Idea of North by Peter Davidson.

The short epilogue called Keeping the Twilight is a delightful read and sent me out with the camera at dusk..

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Alone in the winter afternoon, suddenly you notice the light fading. The inevitable moment of loneliness.

He regrets for a moment leaving his friends in the south. Describes the ritual of lighting the fire.

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He imagines night descending in Norway and Sweden.

the grey painted rooms of Stockholm have been dim with evening for over an hour....Night has moved down island by island, Faroes, Shetlands Orkneys..Stromness is dark now....the light is going fast even in the cities of the south. The Edinburgh shore recedes. Newcastle is dim with mists from the river...wet cobbles reflect shop lights in Alston and Appleby...on the western slopes of the Pennines red sun flashes a moment in Black Moss then sinks in cold above Manchester.

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Here in my village on the shores of Loch Long the melancholy cry of a lone oystercatcher, the deepening cold, and the 'Card Full' symbol on my camera had me hurrying gratefully home.
18 Comments
Grace
9/2/2017 04:04:58 am

Lovely, atmospheric landscape with the promise of a nice, cosy home to return to. I love the French expression for twilight : entre chien et loup.

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Freda
11/2/2017 01:43:03 pm

Is that 'between the dog and the wolf'? I love 'crepuscule' too.

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Grace
11/2/2017 03:00:54 pm

It is indeed 'between the dog and the wolf'. I must check out the etymology of that expression.

julia
9/2/2017 11:20:08 am

you have not lost your "way with words", Freda.....nor your exquisite eye for a photo...very evocative...:-)
and it is lovely to see your quiet village...

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Grace
9/2/2017 12:31:59 pm

I couldn't agree more, Julia.

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Freda
11/2/2017 01:44:06 pm

The village is very quiet in winter - we hibernate!

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Grace
11/2/2017 03:12:43 pm

Here in our Parisian suburb everyone is in hibernation mode too.

Mary
9/2/2017 01:46:57 pm

Your words and the photos...I could feel night falling.

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Freda
11/2/2017 01:46:02 pm

Of course most of the words are Peter Davison's! But the photos are mine :-)

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Cristiana
10/2/2017 06:12:47 am

Love this :) just wonderful

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Freda
11/2/2017 01:46:39 pm

Thank you Crisitiana.

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cath
10/2/2017 10:27:30 am

I was wondering the other day if you were still ' working' through your North reading list - even searched for your post and then almost couldn't believe that was oktober last year. Long before these days of sub zero and snow.
I've made a note (again) of The Idea of North as the first one got stored with the books I fear.

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Freda
11/2/2017 01:47:50 pm

I am sure you will like it Cath, when you find it again. I hope the work is going smoothly.

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cath
12/2/2017 09:41:06 am

The work is going slowly but according to plan. Five weeks into upheaval, dust and a kind of indoor camping life we now have almost reached the midway point. Just one more big bookcase to pack and store and one more large room to dismantle. Sigh. Keep reminding myself: one step after the other and one day at the time.

Lotta
10/2/2017 11:18:40 pm

Wonderfully atmospheric photos - so much so that they've made me shiver! It's always been my least favourite time of day to be out in - there's a slight hostility to it like it's telling you you've overstayed your welcome in the day and to come back again please when dawn invites you... Thank goodness for a warm fire to retreat to!

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Freda
11/2/2017 01:49:21 pm

I find extreme cold very hostile - one thinks of survival. Hygge to come home to is lovely.

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Gail
11/2/2017 03:21:05 am

I am awed by how you see the world and do it justice with your words.

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Freda
11/2/2017 01:50:02 pm

Well thank you Gail! x

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