FRAMED!

“Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who decided to stand their ground.” ~ Anonymous

Last night we enjoyed another sunset framed in the branches of one of our sand live oaks. What a peaceful evening.

GRAY MORNING

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The weather today is foggy, gray, windy and rainy. Presently, the sky has darkened and thunder is trumpeting across the bay. Thought I'd do some planting this morning, but I guess I'll have to wait until the rain stops. Looks like a good day to go swimming at The Club. Haven't been for almost 6 weeks, but the knee is feeling better and I need the exercise! There really is something nice about a dark, gloomy rainy day. It makes you slow down and want to curl up with a cup of tea and a good book. But today, we have lost our power and the sky is so overcast, it is too dark to read. Perhaps a nap?

HELLO AGAIN

"Peace..... is seeing a sunset, and knowing who to thank."

Author: unknown

It's been a while since I've posted anything here. All my good intentions of making daily entries have gone the way of most good intentions. It's been pretty busy here in my life, but I've continued to photograph sunsets even though I've failed to post any of them all of these months. Some have been spectacular, some simply beautiful. But each transports me to a place of peace and introspection. Here are just a few of the lovely scenes we have enjoyed at days end.

Witness

Tropical evening

Glow

Twilight

Peace

DARK CLOUDS

After a day of cloud and wind and rain
Sometimes the setting sun breaks out again
... Then like a ruby from the horizon's ring,
Drops down into the night. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The clouds came in dark and low this evening and looked like a giant claw ready to pluck the sun out of the sky. As more clouds crept in, they formed a dark and whispy frame around the golden setting sun.

ON A CLEAR DAY

The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out. ~Annie Dillard

On a day when the sun is shining and the air is dry and clear, there is no place more beautiful to be than at the beach. On this day the waters of the Gulf are crisp, and clean, and clear and the most gorgeous, gemlike turquoise color. Sometimes the elements of nature align in such a way as to almost reach a level of perfection. This is such a day. How lucky we are to be able to see such beauty and experience the peace and serenity that only the sea can provide.

FIRST OF THE YEAR

“Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.” -- John Lubbock

Day four of 2009 and we had our first beautiful New Year sunset.