It is dark tonight
I just came back inside after a nice quiet stroll in the courtyard of my castle.The moon has not come up yet, but there are so many stars shining in the heavens that it casts an eerie glow to the battlements and the banana trees. Quite haunting really, because everything else is black.
It ts cooling off at night very nicely now as fall approaches and the summer heat eases up for another year.
Living in the countryside means that there is no other light to corrupt my view of the stars at night. No street lights, very little traffic and no houses to be seen.
It is quiet and serene. The only sounds, other than all the racket that I make, is the occasional dog in the distance hoping to find a friend, or maybe a cow startled by something letting out a few solitary bellows.......
Later tonight, when the moon rises, all of my gardens, patios and the faces of the other structures in the castle will miraculously reappear in the silvery light.
That is when I will wander off to my bed for the night. Two minutes later, my old dog will follow and plunk down at the foot of my bed for the night. He won't come right away because he doesn't want me to notice him. He still remembers when he was young and on guard duty.
Actually, I remember when I was young, and on guard duty as well.....
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I would hate the utter silence
It's beautiful where I live at now. The moon just hangs over a different set of mountains. I love the peace and quiet, the stillness of the night. I love living in the country.
Some call me an angel, and some say I am the Devil.
It's all in the eye of the beholder.
One day I want to live in the countryside and have my horse with me. I would sit every evening in the dark on a bale of straw and listen to the sounds that she makes when she is eating hay
And I love your thought to put my words in a little book.......it sounds so romantic.