Turning in on summer evenings

Lovely quote about going off to sleep at twilight from late author Roger Deakin’s recently-published ‘Wildwood - A Journey Through Trees’ posted by DrFrank. I remember as a child going off to sleep on light evenings and sneaking a look through the curtains to see adults still out and about - gardening or walking the dog. I think as children we probably sometimes felt it too early for sleep while it was still light but I think Deakin's right that it's much more natural and I remember it as very atmospheric as the light began to fade.