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<center>*I feel the last vestige of warmth from golden rays of light as they stain the horizon yellow and red. The flush of warmth upon my skin comforts yet cold tendrils reach for me, cool fingers grasping with their chill grip pulling me away from the light and into the darkness that follows; the touch steals away the pleasant flush of warmth even as the west steals the sun itself, night falls, and it's time to go to work.*</center>

<center>**- galenkp -**</center>
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I arrived earlier today and hiked to one of my favourite shooting-hides, a pleasant hike of around thirty minutes in temperatures in the mid-twenties [C] and under clear blue skies. There, I read a book, *Testament of Youth*, and allowed myself to sink back into the cradle of nature, the soundtrack were the sounds of the planet devoid of other humans and I found an inner-peace that only places like this can bring me.

I waited, it was too early for my targets to be moving around, and as the sun dipped below the horizon to begin someone else's day on the other side of the world I revelled in the moment, the solitude and quiet, knowing that it would soon get noisy. I'm here to shoot, to perform culling operations of feral animals, kangaroos and deer...but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a peaceful moment first. 

As the sun set and the day gave way to night I began to prepare. The book was stowed in my pack and I laid prone behind my rifle and began scoping the terrain for targets, it was time to work; the sound of my firearm would soon break the silence and the yellow and red would come from muzzle flash as the explosion within sent projectiles racing towards their targets *and the light of life would be extinguished*...but not before I created this post. 
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I don't often have the opportunity to post directly from where I shoot, I'm usually too busy and there's little to no cell-phone service but today, due to my location on the property, I had cell service and decided to put a little post together as a live-time record of the moment. 

I don't enjoy taking life, if I was to start enjoying it I'd know it was time to stop doing it; it's a necessity from a farming perspective though, as I've said on occasions in other posts, and one I take seriously. I'm workman-like, professional and humane, I pride myself on that, and also make sure I take some moments to appreciate where I am before I do what I have to do...it gives me some balance, peace and serenity before the kinetic activity. 

And now...it's a little darker and it's time to work.

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*Design and create your ideal life, tomorrow isn't promised* - galenkp

<sub>[Original and AI free]</sub>
<sub>The image in this post is my own</sub>