Tuesday
Dear Elsie,
Today was the day that came with a beautiful winter sunrise. I watched the colours change and took a few photos as different shades of pink and orange were splashed across the sky. This was moody 7.13am. The black cloud over the mountain looked like a plume of dark smoke emanating from a fire, but it was just a cloud.
Usually, with time, the initial dramatic colours fade but by 7.46am, the opposite had happened.
It was after that, the brightness of the sunrise tempered the drama of the glorious firey red clouds. This was 7.53am
Then I started work and forgot to watch, until suddenly the sun had risen. This was 8.14am
As the day has progressed, it has become cloudy and gloomy. Thick cloud hangs overhead and it has become what I call a Fancourt Slate day. The sea and the clouds resemble all grey. This is 16.28.
In that sea we have seen the first whales of the season. There are not a lot of them but from time to time we see a spout of water and the slow disappearance of a hulking mass into the murky depths. There are regularly seals feeding, energetically slapping fish on the surface of the sea with hungry seagulls hovering in the hope of snatching a piece. There’s always something to see.
It’s been a quiet day. Julian left this morning.
I’m excited Elsie, because tomorrow, you come! I’m going to get everything ready for you.
In my Bible reading today, there was a phrase that some people have used menacingly, never knowing that it was spoken by Isaiah as part of a word against the King of Assyria, way back about 500 years before Christ….
2 Kings 19:27
But I know where you stay and when you come and go…
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip
Gran xx 🙂