first sunrise, 2024

[asakiyume]

We went to a lookout above the Quabbin Reservoir to face east for the first day of the new year. The first light, many minutes before sunrise, lit up a crack in the baleful sky.



As it grew lighter, the waning gibbous moon glowed brighter.



Wakanomori turned his back on the colors to admire the moon.



The sun was as discreet as a Heian lady, just the hems of her brightness peeking from beneath the clouds' screens.



There was evidence fairies had been at the lookout earlier, enjoying takeout.



I posted that picture on Instagram, and amaebi said she had her doubts about whether the L&Ms were part of the takeout. wakanomori agreed: he thinks fairies probably roll their own. amaebi suggested sweet clover and Corsican mint, which I told her was a combination I could be induced to try.

Come find me
smoking sweet clover and mint
at the lookout point

Comments

[radiantfracture]

Lovely story-through-pictures, and the poem is delicious.

[asakiyume]

So glad ^_^

We set foot in 2024 together.

[cmcmck]

Such lovely skies!

[asakiyume]

Dawn is such a magical time!

[osprey_archer]

Oooh, there's just something lovely about sunrises (sunsets... sunshine in general...) glowing through cracks in the clouds.

[asakiyume]

"Hey look! It's where the light gets in!" I said to Wakanomori. (I'm so hilarious and original)

[osprey_archer]

Ahaha well it made ME smile!

[asakiyume]

Hurray--I COUNT THIS AS A SUCCESS

[sartorias]

Those are so lovely!

[asakiyume]

Thank you--the sky is reliable for beauty. We did this once before on LJ/DW... a much more spectacular sunrise, but they're all beautiful in their own way.

[sartorias]

Sadly, that entry is protected, but I know some spectacular sunrises. I took a few on Viable Paradise's island this October. If only DW wasn't such a total pain to post pictures to!

[asakiyume]

Oh, d'oh! I just went back and locked all those entries. I'm such an idiot--I was JUST DOING THAT; how could I have tried to link you? (I do this: I go back and lock very old entries as private... ) Well, here are a couple of them:

[sartorias]

Oh, simply breathtaking!

[sovay]

What a wonderful head of the year.

[asakiyume]

Yes! Now one foot in front of the next as we see what the hours and days ahead bring.

[amaebi]

Look, says the world, I'm turning, rolling
onward in constancy and change, turning
up to tread a path around the sun
that spirals through a galaxy that's blooming
through an ever-expanding universe.

Look, says the sun, I'm here to show
how moving forward carries paving
made in yesterday's, building routes
that guide tomorrow-- so long as I live.

[asakiyume]

💛💛💛

[smokingboot]

Radiant.
Thank you, and may the year be kind as well as beautiful to you XXX

[asakiyume]

Thank you for this blessing, "and also to you," as they say <3

[puddleshark]

A beautiful post: words and images both.

Thank you.

I wonder if they paid for their takeaway with leaves...

[asakiyume]

In this case I'm imagining the leaves as the food! But with fairies, perhaps the base is always leaves, and they can glamour it up to both the meal *and* the payment.

[minoanmiss]

beams at you

[asakiyume]

*beams back*

[stormehowl]

I'm not sure what I enjoyed more - your photos or the captions. I hope you do not mind, but I added you.

[asakiyume]

I'm delighted; thank you!