Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.
Goodnight weekend…
Late afternoon 34.096° N, 118.1050° W
breathelighter
Reducing stress one exhale at a time
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I love everything about this post, Debra. The changing light. The resting critters. The greens and blues. The train tracks. I sighed reading and looking.
I’m glad you enjoyed a little bit of fading sunshine around my backyard, Andra. I was feeling very melancholy…I do love the weekends, and Mondays? Not so much! 🙂 By Tuesday I’m usually in the groove and it’s all fine. I hope you have a good week, my friend. ox
I love the little poem.. so well chosen to go with the wonderful photos depicting that special time of day… marvelous post.. love it..
Thank you, Rob. Such simple photo shots, but I enjoyed taking them and relishing that particular time of day…and saying goodbye to a very nice weekend. 🙂
Lovely words which I vaguely recognize, and beautiful images too. Very calming. 😀
THe words to the verse are from a hymn, Cathy. At least that’s how I first learned it. I wonder if it will come to you how it is you recognize it. 🙂 I love sunset, but we have so many trees in our neighborhood that I can’t find a spot to see the horizon. I focus on the shadows. 🙂
I remember the poem from somewhere and your photos capture it perfectly. I have some little blue chimes hanging from a pergola and I was just sitting there yesterday evening, thinking about taking the shot. 🙂
But the best bit is your header. If ever there was a breathelighter shot… :0
I’m so glad you enjoy the ocean header, Johanna. It does help me breathelighter when I start thinking about time at the ocean. It’s good we can visit some of our favorite places with our memories and using a little imagination. I learned the words to the poem as a hymn when I was a young girl. There are many verses and we sang some of them in church. I hadn’t thought of it in years, but yesterday it was on my mind most of the afternoon. I will expect to see your little blue chimes before long. Thank you so much for your kind comment! 🙂
Ahhhhh, I can feel the collective sighs….. Lovely!
Thank you, Colleen. The weekend was lovely and seemed to go so quickly. I was feeling serene while at the same time, trying to linger over the sun going down. 🙂
Beautiful.
I hope you are not affected by the latest fires?
Thank you, Linda. All is well with us personally. The fires are some distance, although I have friends in the same general area. I think the worst of it is just that the air quality isn’t too clear. I appreciate you asking, my friend.
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Just peaceful!
Thank you, Kate. I was feeling quite peaceful when I took the photos. 🙂
Outstanding way to end the weekend … then again, it’s Monday morning for me. Concluding with Darwin was perfect.
Darwin had a very busy weekend, Frank. He put himself to bed while we were just enjoying the late afternoon sunshine. He doesn’t even rise very early. I guess he likes to sleep…me, too! 🙂
Beautiful post, poem, and pics! Thanks, Debra.
I’m glad you enjoyed the shadowy sunset pictures, Nancy. Sunset is my very favorite time of day, but at home, the trees obscure the horizon. I end up really watching the shadows and the slant of light to get a little sense of the sun going down. 🙂
What an artist you are my dear friend. I know about the writing, and now the poetry & photos to match! ~Ellen
You are so kind, Ellen. The more I see things through my camera, the more easily it seems to come to me. A blog is a wonderful way to practice, and like all things, that’s usually what we need. Thank you! oxo
That is just beautiful. Thanks for your kind words on the changes I made to my blog. If Google gets more intrusive, I’m thinking about WordPress. Much because of the look of your blog. I didn’t know it could be so beautiful. If you have time, some time, no hurry, could you let me know your thoughts and feelings about WordPress at ingerwiltz@aol.com — thanks.
I sure will, Inger. I will get back to you in the next couple of days. I’m very happy with WP. And I’ll give you my thoughts! 🙂
What a sweet poem and your pictures are lovely!
Thank you, Meg. I love to take photos at sunset…I just wish I had a view of the horizon. I need shadows to tell me the time of day. 🙂
Such a nice post, Debra! Your photos are perfectly suited for the verse. And you even found space for Pinky and Darwin. Perfect!
I’m glad you had time to stop by and see my “farewell to the weekend” photos, John. I love sunset. It’s easily my favorite time of day, but with all the trees, I don’t have a clear view of the horizon from my home. I’ve become very aware of the shadows and the way the light changes as I see the sun through the trees. And by that time of day Pinky and Darwin put themselves to bed. They are early risers. 🙂
I can almost hear Darwin snoring xx
Darwin was very entertaining this weekend.He was quite exhausted. 🙂
What a perfect pairing of photos and poem, Debra – reminding me of bedtime prayer, and just what I needed to read and see right now.
I hope you are far from the fires.
You may recognize the poem as an old hymn, Penny. I think we used to sing it in church sometimes when I was very young. It’s funny how a song or poem can get into your head and come out from who knows where. All afternoon the song was in my mind, and I hadn’t heard it in decades! I was a little melancholy…the weekend was uncharacteristically quiet and I had really enjoyed that! LOL! I wasn’t ready to go back to work. The fires aren’t close to us, but we could see the air quality was affected (over the weekend) and is better now. Thank you for asking, my friend. ox
I enjoyed this poem, it had a touch of sadness so it stirred my emotions. The words blended beautifully with the pictures.
So schöne Bilder lasse mal einen lieben Gruß hier und wünsche einen schönen Tag.Gislinde
I love seeing your side of the world! Quality photos. And I can feel the mood, absolutely.