The end of the gardening chores, at this time of year, comes much to early in the afternoon. It is now dark around 4 o'clock. The shorter quotient of sunlight hours means much less time outside. On wet and dismal days this might be a blessing but on nice autumnal days with clear skies and a tingling bitter cold freshness it is rather sad.
By compensation dusk can be a fabulous time for a cup of coffee on the upper bench. Watching the sun come down, wrapped up in several layers of gardening gear with a warm cuppa to cradle is really something quite special. Of course, it does get better. More often than not there are a certain couple of felines who like to join me for the last vestiges of the daylight.
I suspect the popularity of this time of the day might be a little more to do with pending supper time for the cats, as on an evening and overnight they are kept safely indoors. This has always been their routine and is not just a precaution because of fireworks and other nocturnal distractions.
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