I see the sunrise ...

I've sung at funerals for more years than I care to remember, but the one time I was almost unable to sing was brought about not by the Kontakion for the Departed, not by Iustorum Animae, but by a rather sentimental hymn whose first line was "I watch the sunrise lighting the skies". I thought of it at 7am this morning as I hung out of the window capturing this moment before the sun vanished into the grey.

For the record, it emerged again mid-afternoon, and that same view is currently looking quite agreeable. But not as picturesque ...