I had something to post about spiders, but it's gone completely out of my head.
So I'll write about the view from my window today. It's a singularly poignant sky, and one I've rarely see in this country. It's an overcast day, and half an hour ago there was a little post-spring hangover storm. But the heavy weather has moved off to the east, leaving behind an almost eerie light, percolating through much higher cloud than usual for gloomy, grey-clad London.
Most evocatively, the light reminds me of early early morning, which I hardly ever see. Usually, still being up at dawn breaks depresses me (unlike when I get up early enough to see dawn, which makes me very happy), but today there's something positive and promising in the sky. The coolness coming through my open window makes it feel more late-autumnal than summery, but with the cautious anticipation of a spring morning.
As I type, the first peal of thunder since the storm has just rolled over Roehampton. But it's receding, and to the west the sky looks lighter and the clouds seem further away.
Let's hope there's some kind of analogy in there for me.
Posted by biondino at June 18, 2002 09:39 AM