Twilight Sky

June 18, 2009

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“I have seen from my window
the fiesta of sunset in the distant mountain tops.”

~from “Clenched Soul” by Pablo Neruda

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“‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.”

~from “Ulysses” by Alfred Tennyson

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16 Comments

  1. Paul
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 1:52 am | Permalink

    Gorgeous and I love that Neruda quote, “fiesta of sunset” is absolutely right.

  2. thommalyn
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 2:20 am | Permalink

    Thanks, Paul. Love “fiesta of sunset”, too. The sky made me think of a Monet painting.

  3. Dorothy
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 4:58 am | Permalink

    Super photo’s, KS. Love the poetry for them, too.

    Super hugs, too,
    D

  4. Susan Helene Gottfried
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 6:50 am | Permalink

    Purrrrrrty.

  5. Leah J. Utas
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 7:02 am | Permalink

    Lovely. Thank you.

  6. thommalyn
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 1:16 pm | Permalink

    Dorothy, Susan and Leah — glad you enjoyed! That was the most gorgeous sky I’ve seen in quite a while. :)

  7. Ailurophile
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 8:03 pm | Permalink

    Beautiful pictures and words. Loved the images of flowers in the previous post too. And many congrats on the publicity and continued success of Mirror Blue. Snakes are so fascinating. It’s nice to see you guys being so knowledgeable and brave in handling and relocating them. And it was very nice of you to relocate the tadpoles to the pond too. Great work :)

    All the best to Ballicai!!

  8. thommalyn
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 8:16 pm | Permalink

    Hi, Ailurophile! :) As always, great to see you. Thank you very much for your kind words, and I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures. It’s amazing, how many flowers we’re seeing in the woods that we didn’t see last year — we’re getting a lot more rain this year. And we hope the snakes and the tads will be happy in their new homes.

    Take care — hugs from me, and purrs from the Ballicai!

  9. Julia Smith
    Posted June 20, 2009 at 12:08 am | Permalink

    Just beautiful. Hey – guess what I got? …hmm?…

  10. thommalyn
    Posted June 20, 2009 at 12:35 am | Permalink

    Thanks, Julia! And I’m thinking you have a copy of Mirror Blue — yippee skippy! :D

  11. Beth
    Posted June 21, 2009 at 5:04 pm | Permalink

    Such a soothing palette of color….gorgeous!

  12. thommalyn
    Posted June 21, 2009 at 10:37 pm | Permalink

    Thanks so much, Beth — glad you enjoyed. It was one of the prettiest skies I’ve seen in a long time.

  13. SnaggleTooth
    Posted June 22, 2009 at 3:08 am | Permalink

    what perfect words for your gorgeous, vivid sight to behold!
    Thanks for sharing-
    I was gonna comment a “bye-bye baby froggies” (sigh)
    below, but the comment window wouldn’t load…

  14. thommalyn
    Posted June 22, 2009 at 11:56 am | Permalink

    You’re welcome, SnaggleTooth! :) And hmm, I’ll check out what’s going on with the comment window for the baby froggie post.

  15. Jannie Funster
    Posted June 23, 2009 at 11:21 am | Permalink

    I think I could eat that sky.
    :)

  16. thommalyn
    Posted June 23, 2009 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    *grin*, Jannie! It does look scrumptious, doesn’t it? Like purple-tinted cotton candy.