He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. You bring darkness, it becomes night, and all the beasts of the forest prowl. The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God. (Psalm 104:19-21, NIV)
I seem to be belaboring the point but....another "upside" of darkness is nocturnal bloomers. Some plants seem to thrive in darkness, blooming only at night and providing much pleasure, both visual and olfactory.
Larry's grandmother, Anna Douglas Liles, aka Mom, had planted one such flower sometime in the 50s at the old Liles/Lanigan hunting cabin at Pickwick. Mom's moonflower has been on the property since the cove was first dubbed "Liles Cove" by the old-timers and before the property even had a Liles Lane road name.
Larry's grandmother, Anna Douglas Liles, aka Mom, had planted one such flower sometime in the 50s at the old Liles/Lanigan hunting cabin at Pickwick. Mom's moonflower has been on the property since the cove was first dubbed "Liles Cove" by the old-timers and before the property even had a Liles Lane road name.
Moonflowers, nocturnal bloomers, seem to bloom and glow from sunset to sunrise with much fragrance. It's in the dark of night that they put on their best show.
Mom told our kids that the moonflower bloomed once at night before dying at sunrise. Then, the next evening---voilà, the plant would resurrect itself and produce another bloom.....or so the story goes. I have no idea of the validity of this but it's Mom's story, so I'll stick with it.
Another positive aspect of darkness to go with a cuppa noc-TEA-urnal recollections.
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