Here it is, Tuesday again, and we have a weather forecast that looks like this:
| This Afternoon  Snow Likely Hi 38 °F |
Tonight Rain/Snow Lo 32 °F |
Wednesday Rain/Snow Hi 37 °F |
Wednesday Night  Rain/Snow Lo 32 °F |
Thursday Rain/Snow Hi 41 °F |
Thursday Night  Rain/Snow Lo 30 °F |
Friday Snow Likely Hi 37 °F |
Friday Night  Snow Likely Lo 28 °F |
Saturday Chance Rain/Snow Hi 41 °F |
I’d say, it’s time for a beautiful sunset! Here’s one from July, 2008, a fitting antidote to cold, dreary weather!
Dan has been after me to get that old, slow computer off his desk for months now, and I’ve been resisting because of all the work involved in making sure that it no longer holds any of our personal data. I’d mostly completed this task, and this weekend, I decided to finish it. While going through the few remaining files, I came across this gem, taken by some friends in May 2006. Enjoy!
I could post a few dozen good pictures featuring the color and patterns of the sunset light on walls, doors, and shingles. And maybe we’ll return to this theme sometime in the future. But for today, here’s one photo of the porch columns in the sunset, and yes, the color is as true as I can remember it. The water you see beyond the house is Block Island Sound to the north.
Today it’s cloudy, both where I am and on the island. Tomorrow, they’re predicting snow. So it seems appropriate to post a sunset picture with lots of clouds in it. This one is from July, 2008.
This picture from December 1, 2008 looks like a clear view of the sunset sea beyond the sand dunes on the far side of Sachem Pond. But it isn’t. That’s a cloud bank, possibly part of a weather front, rolling in from the west as the sun was setting.
Winter has taken a firm and heavy grip on New England. It’s been snowing here in Boston for the last couple of days, sometimes mixed with rain. There are rain showers on the island. This seems a good time for a midsummer sunset picture. Here’s one from the summer solstice–to be enjoyed with a margarita in hand while sitting outside on the deck in the rose-scented June air.
Ah! Life is good!
I’m going to stick with winter sunsets today. Even Florida is having its cold weather this week! But will it have sunsets this beautiful?
Here are some fireworks to start off a New Year that I hope will be happy and bright, peaceful and healthy for everyone.
At this time of year the days are short, and the light is precious. Here’s a photo from 2006, with best wishes for a radiant holiday season!
The winter sun sets far to the south of the lighthouse. From our house we look through the sparse trees on the nature preserve to our south, across Sachem Pond, over the dunes, and to the sea beyond.
“Those are very pretty sunsets,” my mother comments, “but they don’t look like winter sunsets.”
“What does a winter sunset look like?” I ask.
“Well… colder. Less colorful.”
Sorry to disappoint you, Mom, but we get wonderfully colorful winter sunsets. Here’s one from November 20th.
