I’ve talked about the length of days recently, and the time of day the sun comes and goes, but I haven’t said a lot about the quality of light.
\nWe have a stand of trees that form a crescent around our house from the south west to the northwest. At one time, the land belonged to a landscaper, so there’s considerable variety in that grove. The layer of trees that are closest to the house hold their leaves late into fall, and at this time of year, they turn a beautiful gold. It’s an old gold, overlaid with the lightest hint of blush.
\nDuring the day when the sun shines on those leaves, they reflect the most beautiful color into my living room. The west wall of the living room has twelve large panes of glass, six high, six low, that let the world in. The view is gorgeous when trees are just beginning to leaf out, or in the middle of summer with the great variety of greens, or in the fall when the leaves are burnished. It’s even stunning when the trees are bare and you see just the black trunks and branches against the sky.
\nThe past few days the sun has shared that golden color as though it’s a parting gift before winter is on us. Mother Nature helped out on the ground. I was working in the herb garden on Saturday, pleased as punch to be able to get things almost cleaned up. Then, Saturday night it rained, hard! Sunday morning, you could hardly see the garden for all the leaves that had fallen.
\nDear Husband refuses to rake until all the leaves are down. I’d rather do it in small bunches (easier on the arms, ya know?) and he’d rather do it all at once on a really cold day.
\nWe’re supposed to have more mild weather this week, so I’m sure that we’ll be working on the grounds. I hope we’ll have a few more days to see the rooms overlaid with golden light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve talked about the length of days recently, and the time of day the sun comes and goes, but I haven’t said a lot about the quality of light. We have a stand of trees that form a crescent around … Continue reading