Sunsets in Autumn

 Brian has decided that the book case needs an Autumn clean
and the books need to be in groups of authors. So we have an avalanche of books everywhere. It is interesting how long all this can take because of course we find all sorts of book we haven't seen for ages and they are interesting to dip into. Many days or by now weeks, later it is at last coming together......
The wall hanging in the background is based on a traditional snowflake cross stitch pattern for a tablecloth of fine linen.
So it is a single repeat but done in handspun natural Merino wool on rug canvas which blew it up to this size. I had spun the wool at Hughes Park where I had been allowed to have a few black sheep. This was a great privilege as of course no black wool fibers were allowed to get into the white wool clip and normally all black lambs were slaughtered if they happened to be born into a white flock of ewes.

I consider this my mourning piece as I sat at this whenever I had a spare moment after we moved away from Hughes Park to Williamstown.

We have been having quite a few spectacular
sunsets these last few weeks and the one on the right was some weeks ago now
but the other two were taken only last Wednesday evening.
I was talking to a young couple who have just returned from living in a tiny flat in Tokyo,Japan. They were astounded by the view we have here on the Northern side of the house

It allows a more than generous 180 degree view with the Mt Lofty ranges on the horizon. We can see the TV towers on Mt Lofty and below that of course is the Botanic Park. Not that you can see that........
We have always known we were fortunate in choosing this place twenty three years ago and we do appreciate the ability to take photos from our back fence not having to dodge much in the roof line.

The sun going down reminded me of that wonderful, simple idea of an American Indian tribe , who say each day they work to help Father Sun traverse the heavens . It is a lovely concept to think that during the day you could look up and say to the Sun, Well, there you are, we have helped you to this point and you have helped us plant our crops.....
how can we compare this to the scientific facts we are fed these days, how much simpler and pleasant to think the Sun is our Father rather than know it is a huge burning mass 333.060 times the Earth mass, with a surface temperature of 5500*C and 4.6billion years old( the mind boggles) and it will eventually swallow us up........
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