It was one of those moments when the sun is setting at the end of a fun filled day with friends and you're heading home with tired children in the car, thinking through the options for quick dinner plans - and there it is! That perfect play-of-light that inspires your attention and action - and a few groans of 'why are we stopping - are you taking pictures AH-gain?!'
...when you have made the leap from the capsule of the car and step out into the light-filled landscape as the day transitions into dusk...
There is the hint of dampness and the chill in the air, the cries of birds both close and distant on their way to their nightly rest, the sugar cane tap-tap-tapping in the gentle breeze, the highway hum of unknown others on their own trajectories home...
and soon after - as the light has shifted and fluorescence surrendered to greys - and distant sounds are quieter still... the pure joy at having made the time to be open and let the beauty in...
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