And lo...

And lo, already on the hills
The flags of dawn appear;
Gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,
Proclaim the day is near.

Text from a blip-friend! "Blippable sunrise" - and although I was sort of up and about I hadn't looked out. And glad I did! Blackford Hill with the morning breaking.

The words above came into my head - I checked and they were written for the beginning of term ceremony of a college in Pennsylvania in 1891.

And finally, if anyone has been worried about my new neighbours overnight - they just gathered themselves round their food store - presumably to protect it from the foxes. (Of which we have many!) Family having a lie-in