Friday, December 16, 2005

Good for the soul


sunrise over parlington
Originally uploaded by wherethewolvesare.
One of the few compensations of going to and from work in winter is the frequency with which you get to see fantastic sunrises and sunsets. This was yesterday's sunrise over the Parlington Estate, in watercolour pencil.

I drive past here every morning, there are shorter and faster ways to work, but none that are so good for the soul. Remembering a quote from Rachel Carson "Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the Earth are never alone or weary of life", I had to stop the car to dwell on this view.

On the way home a less impressive dusk was made special by a red kite quartering the fields by the road.

1 comment:

Nicky said...

Love that quote.