Evening

Beech tree detail, Coombes Moor, October 5th 2008

Not a breath of wind, every beech leaf motionless against the cold peach of the sunset; the temperature is dropping fairly quickly, we are always a few degrees colder here than our nearest weather station. I found a moment before on the way in from the garage, a moment of stillness to see the sunlight in the trees and just touching the turned beech leaves; a magical thirty seconds, an awareness of good fortune, an immediate living in the present. And then the day rolled on, the frozen milk became too cold to carry, something needed doing, the moment passed. But a beautful moment. And now the dusk has come to the garden - at 6.50pm - and the western sky is a soft, cold apricot or peach colour; more fruit images! I will try and find a moment to get outside in a minute. I thought I'd upload another image of the tree from this afternoon, a sharp contrast between today and 18th September.