In the evening after a good rain, and we have a good rain almost every day lately, the sun will often slide through the dark broody clouds and rest its benevolent underwater eye on the landscape.
The greens change to lime, the golds to rich honey and there is just so much forgiveness in the sky.
We all shine in rude health in this light. When we were kids we could call this “One of those Nights”. And no you may not hum the song as you read.
John gets up early in the morning so he goes to bed early in the evening which means that when I see the light changing I can grab my Camera House and walk straight out the door without a word -barefoot into the wet grass with the dogs into the golden-ing light.
And the gathering threading fingers of the night become ours. The sky is changing her cloak. The golden lining flashing as she throws it high, soon the dark with descend. Soon it will settle down onto her shoulders and she will be gone.
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After the lights are gone and the sky has settled into blackness, the dogs and I go back inside followed by the occassional roll of far away thunder. The horn blowing to announce the arrival of the next storm at our rain station.
Yesterday Daisy showed the first real signs of wellness. When she saw me climb through the back fence with her bucket of zuchinni and split tomatoes drizzled with molasses, she flung her head up and actually broke into a trot. She has not done that since her injury. Chicken steps. She is improving.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy,
miss c
The Kitchen's Garden 
43 responses to “Sky Night Light”
Beautiful, beautiful imagery. Daisy trotting is wonderful news.
Oh! Such good news about Daisy! These are lovely shots of sky. I sure wish we would get some moisture. Everything looks so lush and beautiful in your photos! We are burnt to a crisp in the south!
Love your pictures. You are a great photographer!
wow, Dramatic skies indeed. Good Girl Daisy, concentrate making us a little heifer this time 🙂 We were warming up, but have been warned of upcoming freeze this coming weekend, hopefully the last. Laura
Not only a great photographer, a great writer, a great farmer, and a really great person…cor don’t we just love you.
so happy to hear about Daisy…one step at a time..lots of love Miss C from Bulgaria
Wonderfully amazing photos and great news about Daisy!
This life marla, we are so up and down aren’t we.. buut you do know when an animal is recovering and i think she is.. hopefully.. touch wood.. c
Beautiful skies… thank you, Miss C, for your poetic descriptions to make my mind peaceful before I go to bed.
so much artistic inspiration there…
Oh happy da(is)y. Dramatic skies. Ours are still gloomy and wet. The maize is higher than an elephant’s eye, and completely obscures the view from our windows.
Your images made me remember a quote from a movie I did not like, but the quote was moving to me:
“but it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst… And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life…”
It is part of the final lines in American Beauty with Kevin Spacey. The movie was disturbing and I have only seen it once, but sometime you HAVE to watch something disturbing to get a message or an understanding. And there is an impact. The quote was that for me.
What a great comment Pat. gratitude and forgiveness are such beautiful feelings.. well done remembering that quote and thank you.. c
Gorgeous! And great news about Daisy.
It’s great to hear that Daisy is excited by her food and trotting across the field 🙂
She was looking pretty grim there for a while.. so i am hoping that she is coming out of it.. c
I can imagine 🙂
Lovely, lovely shots of stormy skies heading to bed. 🙂
Question about Daisy—what will happen to her should her udder not heal properly? I guess if she never has another calf then she will no longer produce milk, thus ending the mastitis. Glad she appears to be turning a corner.
even with three good quarters Daisy would be ok as a Nurse Cow. With frequent sucklings from calves the risk of mastitis is massively reduced. Though I plan to bring her in once every few days to test for mastitis. If she fails then we will have to make the hard choices. However I am looking on the bright side as she would be a wonderful nurse cow. c
“There is just so much forgiveness in the sky.” What a lovely sentence!
Absolutely stunning! I need to take a driving trip one of these summers : )
Yes you do!!.. c