The best time of day

The best time of day is dusk. Although to be honest maybe it's more specific than that. For me, dusk means the whole thing between when the sky goes red as the sunset begins, and when it's cold and dark. My favourite bit of dusk is the hour or so after the sun has set, and the sky goes deep blue, or sometimes green, like the colour of the ocean.

Funny thing is, I usually miss the best bit of the day, because I am inside. Inside, you can't appreciate it at all. All you see is your own light reflected back at you from your windows. All you see is yourself, and all your stuff, in your house. Outside just looks black, like it's not even there.

If you're outside, you can sit for ages just staring at the sky, watching it get deeper and deeper but somehow not be dark at all. Then you walk inside for a moment to get something, maybe a camera to photograph it, and when you come out again it's gone.