I thought I’d have a look at Gray’s Elegy for a title today, though many people have beaten me to it. Originally I was going to use The Dying of the Light from Dylan Thomas, but it seemed over-dramatic just for a post bemoaning the shortness of winter days.
I know that Hardy took Far from the Madding Crowd from Gray and always presumed Kubrick took Paths of Glory from himtoo. Checking with Wikipedia I now know this to be true, though it came via a novel, and two other works – a painting and a memoir, had already used it.
They used to call cigarette cards the poor man’s encyclopaedia. I suppose that this is now a fair description of Wikipedia, though the poor man in question needs a link to the internet.
Anyway, was just going to say that the lie-in worked and I am feeling refreshed but by the time I had planned the menus and switched on the computer the light is already fading and the planned photographic expedition may be postponed. Instead I will show a few shots from this morning, entitled 6.45 am in a cold car park.
The camera did quite well in low light.
I took a picture of a lost glove to add to the bleakness of the piece. Later, I may use the picture again. There was a lost hat too, which I thought about picking up. A good wash and it would have been right as rain, suitable for charity even if I didn’t need it. However, these good intentions faded in the cold.
I prefer summer.
Tomorrow I have a blood test. A blood test before it is light seems such a depressing thing.
I love these gloomy, pre-dawn photos.
Makes your November looking even bleaker than ours before the snow, which always spiffs up the landscape. 😉
I wish I loved the snow like you do. To me it wouldn’t improve things. 🙂
Some Mainers do hate snow, but I am not one of them. Of course, it helps to have a husband who will clean the walks, steps, and driveway. 😉
I wouldn’t have thought that it was possible to be a Mainer and dislike snow. It seems to be a large feature of life in Maine. Of course, my sample of Mainers is just you two and Jessica Fletcher so I may be wrong.
Plenty of Mainers complain about snow. Then, when it’s hot in the summer, they also complain. I guess some people will whine, no matter the weather. 😉
Yes, that’s true.
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That is a terribly poignant glove.
Yes, much more than the lost hat, which I didn’t bother to photograph.
Brrrr – so atmospheric
I was glad to get home – it wasn’t the best start to the day. 🙂
I think the the dying of the light is quite appropriate for this time of year. It is the thought that it is only going to get worse for another month which is so lowering. Incidentally, I saw a reference to a haibun in a newspaper today and was very pleased to know what it was.
Good to know my missionary work is bearing fruit. 🙂
I agree about the thought of another month of declining day length. At this time of year I’m always glad I don’t live in the north.
Excellent trivia! No airplanes?
There were a few overhead, but I tend to ignore them these days. The wonder of the miracle of flight soon passes…