Twilight
March 3, 2008Erin 2 Comments »“It has always been my favourite time of day, the time before sunrise or after sunset when the surface of the Earth is between light and dark. It is the time when shadows are purple and familiar things become mysterious and unknown.” ~ quoted from my About page
I never think about twilight as being before sunrise. For me, twilight is always the time before the light vanishes. It is not a hopeful time, the way I think of that short period of light before sunrise. It can be sad, or wistful, or gearing up for the challenge of darkness. The world changes in the moment of twilight, when the sun has dipped below the horizon and the light is fading.
I associate twilight with change, with leaving behind the old and venturing into something different.
Tomorrow will be an entire day of twilight for me.
On Wednesday, we have an appointment booked at the vet for 11:45am. The light will be fading quickly on Wednesday morning, and it will vanish, leaving only darkness behind. Only this time, I have no guarantee of how long it will take for the sun to rise again.
Posted on March 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 pm
*lots of love*
Posted on March 4th, 2008 at 12:55 am
I have some major tears going on right now. This made me look back at some pictures that I haven’t confronted in a while of my own fuzzy friend.
My grandpa’s puppy lived three years longer than he did and when Shammy died we had her cremated. My family is sponsoring a bench in their memory at a lookout point they would hike to, and the intent is to place the ashes in the base of the bench. I used to sit with my head against hers and cry to her when I missed my grandparents and I always felt like she understood that I needed love – she never fussed or turned away. I like to think of her watching over my g’pa in heaven like she did in real life.
I think it is really sweet that you intend to bury Logan under your Nana tree.