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Article: Legends of the fall
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2009
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Gardens The golden, dying sunlight of autumn casts gorgeous
shadows over gardens, making even drying seedheads look spectacular,
says Emma Townshend
Dylan Thomas said we should rage against the dying of the light.
Though I can imagine many of us feel like stomping at the very least
while the autumn nights get shorter, the dying of the light does
have some advantages. As winter draws in, the sun moves through a
lower arc in the sky, and light angles in the garden become much
longer and more golden, lighting up leaves and drying seedheads as
dusk approaches. And as we move closer to the winter solstice, the
sun doesn't just travel a lower ' path across the sky, it also rises
and sets further ...