DAWN & DUSK	APRIL 18 TO MAY 17 Longview, Washington Longitude W123.0 Latitude N46.1 Facing North   Between 4/18 and 5/17 we gained 43 minutes of light in the morning &37 minutes of light in the evening.
Dawn & Dusk Home

4/20/00
5:59 AM PDT 42 degrees still dense low lying fog, clear sky way up above, moon still visible, wet and damp		8:30PM PDT 54 degrees still no bird song only peepers, clear sky. Unclear about the route. I know this isn't how I see, but it feels right.
4/23/00
5:57 AM PDT 44 degrees slight breeze, much bird song, greeted by 2 bunnies, of course, its Easter. Rat-a-tat-tat right on time, wet air, moving overcast, moon still up		8:27 PM PDT 38 degrees still, clear sky, chill air, heavy rain today making damp cold almost winter feeling air
4/28/00
The night sky is so thrilling and dramatic that I don't come down from the studio until very late, and then I can barely get up to do my dawn drawing. I usually put my clothes on over my jammies, do the drawing, and come back to bed. Mostly I dream and imagine. I can't sleep because I'm too full. After my dusk drawing I turn out the lights in the studio and watch the night come on. The clouds, light, sky, moon and stars are all on stage. It is the biggest set I've ever seen. This is the damnest feeling I have, and its not new. I sometimes avoid finishing because it is a commitment. I'd rather go away (back to bed, swimming, eating, god knows), but the nagging and responsibility won't go away. So I have to go back up, and try the next idea, make the next gesture, move a collage piece over to the left.
5/1/00
Walla Walla 5:30 AM PDT 50 degrees wind 3 MPH, scattered clouds. I was late. I didn't account for being at the edge of a time zone.		Hells Canyon, Oregon Looking at Idaho across the Snake River 8:15PM PDT, 9:15 PM MDT 62 degrees wind 15 MPH clear sky
5/2/00
Oxbow, OR 5:10AM PDT, 6:10AM MDT 53 degrees looking at Idaho, heavy overcast
5/8/00
5:30AM PDT 50 degrees steady rain, The crows are unusually loud and chaotic. The rain is gentle. This lush landscape throbs even in this light.		8:44PM PDT 50 degrees wind 1 MPH heavy overcast. The only sounds are the wind, a distant airplane, the faint sounds of water in the drainage stream, and a short pounding echo from the neighbor.
5/15/00
5:22AM PDT 56 degrees wind 2 MPH with gusts bird song and heavy overcast. Breeze and balmy air with fast moving clouds on top of overcast feels like rain		9:03 PM PDT 56 degrees only a gentle whisp of wind Coyotes singing up a storm. Perfectly clear sky. A peach orange light hugs the dark hills. The moon is brillant and rising behind me. The sliver of light on the edge of the bottle is too beautiful. So precise. So solid. So finely carved
On May 17 we have had an increase of 6.25 hours of light since the beginning of this project.

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