Grit in the Gears

I am the grit in the gears, the missing bolt, I am the poker of sticks into spokes. I like to know how things work, but sometimes when I take them apart and rebuild them, I have a few pieces left over. I am a man, so I tend to leave reading the instructions until after it goes wrong. And like all men I have a comprehensive mental map of the world and never need to ask directions. I never get lost, only sometimes I'm late, or end up in the wrong place entirely. It's what we do.

Thursday 23 February 2012

Rosy Hues in the Evening Sky

A few minutes ago, I looked out of the window. It's dusk. Night is on its way, and I see this colourful rosy cloud. What, you may wonder, is so special about that?

Well, it's sunset, or, to be a little more accurate, almost a quarter hour after sunset. And the sun sets in the west, doesn't it?

Well, the clouds in question are to the north-north-east. Usually the sunset is on the other side of the house.

And to the west? not much in the way of sunset at all.

Five minutes after I took the last picture, all the colour was gone, and now, twenty minutes later, the outside world is dark.
I liked the candy-floss colours.

6 comments:

gz23 February 2012 at 12:40
The colours change and go so quickly. A breathtaking sight
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Adullamite24 February 2012 at 01:15
Dusk makes for great pics.
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soubriquet24 February 2012 at 12:33
Floss: unspun fibres. The sheeps-wool found snagged on a fence, the white fibrous content of a cotton boll, the fibrous mass within the heads of rushes.

What you call cotton-candy is candy-floss here. Usually pink. I haven't tasted it since I was a child.
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Stephanie Barr27 February 2012 at 22:43
Gorgeous indeed!
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