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"Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun"  Ecclesiastes 11:7.

It has been a very hot summer here, certainly one of the brightest and the longest we have had in the last three decades, so it's been a tad difficult to do much more after work than cool down and sleep (when possible).

One thing I have managed is a few local walks in the beautiful scenery of the country.
The woods and landscape have a beauty which is simply transformed by sunlight.  Here's a few examples I've had the joy of capturing:

When I see the light working in this manner, I am so reminded of the new creation - the often sullen and sorrowful aspects of this present world will be given a new luster, a new vitality in what is approaching. That is something worth enjoying, amongst the sunshine.