Someone said, last week, that there are no sunsets in St Ives. I felt this could not be quite right, but was willing to consider all sides. Decades ago while living in New Zealand, someone told my American friend and I that, although the sun rises in the east and sets in the west in America, it does the exact opposite in New Zealand. We had felt this could not be quite right, but fell for it all the same. Thus becoming American laughing stocks.
So of course I knew there are sunsets in St Ives, it's just a matter of finding them. Which is simple. Half an hour before sunset time, I walked westerly until I came to the surfing beach. And there the sunset was, in all its glory.
And not only the sunset. There were hundreds of people standing, sitting, laying around on the grass, waiting for it to set. They were hushed. Their children were hushed too, as if something magical was about to happen. The Rather Stunning Son called just then, and (in hushed voices) we talked and I sent him photos of the great sinking orb out there, hovering above the waters. Magical.
St Ives is also exquisite when it comes to sunRISES - only you have to get up really early right now in order to see one. In fact, I have not seen one sunrise this trip. Which is strange, because I am an early riser.
This sunrise photo was taken on October 6, 2021, at 7:57 a.m. Tomorrow's sunrise will take place at 5:15 a.m., so you see it is a disadvantage to travel to St Ives in the month of June, if you want to see a sunrise.
When that magical thing happens, it reminds us that sunrises and sunsets happen every day, even when we don't see them. We know they are there, but maybe sometimes hidden.
There is actually a better word for all this stuff, you know. All of the intricate, fabulous, phenomenal, surprising, revelatory stuff that is here - for you. Even when you don't see it:
Miraculous.
("The Heavens declare the glory of God, and the skies proclaim the work of his hands." Psalm 19:1)
See you along the Way!
the SconeLady
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