It's dark in Australia today

...on this shortest of days when we enjoy (glass half full) or bemoan (glass half empty) our Winter Solistice. This should, at least astronomically,  also be the start of our winter, but Australia (and New Zealand) still faithfully stick to the mistakes of  their English forefathers who did  not quite know what was what when they arrived here. And so we merrily mark the 1. June as our official start to Winter.

From Rainer Maria Rilke's Das Buch der Bilder

Last Verse

Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr.

Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben,

wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben

und wird in den Alleen hin und her

unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben.

(my translation if one can "translate" Rilke at all)

Who has no house yet, will never build one

Who is alone now, will remain so for a long time

will stay awake, will read, will write long letters

will wander, restlessly,  in tree-lined avenues

among the  fallen, drifting  leaves 

Uluru - Cronulla version

Sunset or Sunrise - I forget....does it matter?