I wanted to share this with you last night but couldn't write it as the phone was ruining the light and my special time but it was so strong in my mind I wrote this when I came back in..........thought about it over night and decided I did want to share it with you.........
Last light....
the sun is gone............
it's the last light of the day............
a magical time..........
perfectly still......
not a breeze.....it's been breezy all day...........
the silhouette of the trees to the west...............
the squawk of a cookatoo and a couple of gulars........
the last birds to settle for the night.......
slowly the stars are starting to appear...............
the silence is amazing.............
the fire flickers..........
a dog barks.............
I can hear the ducks on the water at the dam.............
slowly getting darker..............
a lamb bleats...........
I spot a satellite in the sky........they move so quickly........
every time i look up I see more stars........
the milky way is starting to show up.............
i stoke up the fire.........
move a few branches round to get some ends going..........
the dogs are barking again...........
I hear a water pump start and stop........
someone must have turned a tap on in the house.........
it's getting colder..........but the fire is toasty warm..............
the flames are mesmerizing.......
I spot a plane in the sky......how high is it......how big is it.....
the ducks flutter on the water at the dam...........
I wonder if a fox has disturbed them........
i watch the plane track across the sky.....coming from the south............
it's above me before I hear it and I can tell immediately it is a jet.....
A bit of sap in the dead tree sizzles........
I watch the jet disappear to the north........it's lights flashing.......
I can hear the flicker of the fire..........
I see a light several km's away..............it's a ute...........
the driving lights are bright.......
the night insects make their calls............
finally I hear the ute...........gradually it gets louder, closer and brighter...........
the dogs hear it and start barking.......it drives past the house.........
the sound disappears again..........
the silence resumes............
it's getting darker.......harder to see the trees to the west...........
the light of the fire flickers more........
sometimes a burnt branch breaks in the fire.........
I keep turning around to stay warm......freezing one side burning the other..........
watching the flames flicker in the fire...........the glow of the fire......
the smoke drifting straight up into the sky..............
more stars appear.........there is no moon.......
I better go inside.........
not that anyone has missed me but I think i've been out here for a long time.....
I check the time and i've been out here for ages.........over an hour....................
