Day 331 - Sunup
Sunup 8:00 zero Celsius. I watch the sun climb into a grey velvet sky criss-crossed with red contrails. A blazing orange fireball that would burn your eyes out if it was much brighter, even the black horizon seems repelled as it arcs away. In an endless void filled with infinite spinning globes this is what keeps life going on earth. For millions of years and regular as clockwork it has appeared daily, never faltering, only hidden occasionally from view by the weather. A free heater in motion that never breaks down and automatically supplies the right temperature. Within thirty minutes it has become a white glaring disc of radiation turning deep space into a pale blue sky and blotting out vapour patterns. The white light is unpleasant to look at but it fills my room with light and heat even on days when it is hidden from view.
Intrepid insect
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Moth
It remains just above freezing all day but surprisingly there are still insects about. Several mosquito-like insects fly past me as I return from a walk to Fünf Bäume and a recently expired moth had gone to ground in the frozen snow.
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