asakiyume: (feathers on the line)
asakiyume ([personal profile] asakiyume) wrote2024-01-01 01:48 pm

first sunrise, 2024

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.

New Years sunrise 2024 648 (2)

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

New Years  2024 gibbous moon 655 am

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

S against presunrise sky 2024 Jan 1 656 am

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

New Years sunrise 2024 710 am peak pink

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

fairy takeout New Years morning 2024

I posted that picture on Instagram, and [personal profile] amaebi said she had her doubts about whether the L&Ms were part of the takeout. [personal profile] wakanomori agreed: he thinks fairies probably roll their own. [personal profile] 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