D.O.P.-T.

[weofodthignen]

Sheets of rain and door-banging wind at work last night. So when I emerged, even though my relief was a bit late and the bus was even later, it wasn't completely light, still blue-grey. A huge flight of gulls flew over from the Bay, low overhead so I could see from the shape what they were, but they flew like pterodactyls out of Mordor, silent and angular and each one seeming to blink into existence without preamble. And in the distance, a transmission tower I never saw before blinked its red lights.

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[laughingrat]

I love those moments where the usual becomes strange.

There were lots of crisp winter stars here tonight, but I'm pretty sure I saw the end of Cygnus on the western horizon (I'll have to double check), and I've never seen it so low or huge before. It was out of context, and somehow it all became rather scary! I had to turn around a give a good long look at Orion instead, which is an awfully solid, comforting constellation.

[heethen_crone]

beautifully put.