Sunset Poetry
2024-01-04 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold
Veronica writes: This is the sunset January 3rd, 2024, in Fairplay. There is a poem that comes to mind when the sunset turns golden and pinkness seems to fill the very air around you. I always think of the first stanza of this poem! That fleeting light and pure delightful bright colored light... it is The Children's Hour!
I copied the first stanza below for those not familiar with the poem, The Children's Hour, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
2024-01-04 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Veronica Arnold
Veronica writes: This is the sunset January 3rd, 2024, in Fairplay. There is a poem that comes to mind when the sunset turns golden and pinkness seems to fill the very air around you. I always think of the first stanza of this poem! That fleeting light and pure delightful bright colored light... it is The Children's Hour!
I copied the first stanza below for those not familiar with the poem, The Children's Hour, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
Between the dark and the daylight,Comments | Permalink
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the day's occupations,
That is known as the Children's Hour
Birds of Kentucky: Muscovy Duck
2024-01-03 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen
All About Birds says of muscovies, "The strange, warty-faced Muscovy Duck causes confusion for some bird watchers, as it's very distinctive and quite commonly seen, yet does not appear in some field guides. Truly wild individuals are restricted to south Texas and points south, but domesticated versions occur in parks and farms across much of North America." Comments | Permalink
2024-01-03 - Central Kentucky - Photo by Pen
All About Birds says of muscovies, "The strange, warty-faced Muscovy Duck causes confusion for some bird watchers, as it's very distinctive and quite commonly seen, yet does not appear in some field guides. Truly wild individuals are restricted to south Texas and points south, but domesticated versions occur in parks and farms across much of North America." Comments | Permalink
Snoozing in the New Year
2024-01-03- Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
As the countdown to the New Year got nearer and nearer on the TV in the background, Churchill the dog had to lay his weary head on a handy pair of fuzzy house shoes and give in to needed sleep. Comments | Permalink
2024-01-03- Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
As the countdown to the New Year got nearer and nearer on the TV in the background, Churchill the dog had to lay his weary head on a handy pair of fuzzy house shoes and give in to needed sleep. Comments | Permalink
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