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Showing posts with label sunsets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sunsets. Show all posts

Friday, October 4, 2019

Summer's Enduring Beauty-Part 2

There is something magical and wondrous about the sun rising or setting across a summer sky.  But how often do we pause to watch Its flow?  Summer may have sunsetted but we can still relive the miracles of sunsets, "a wonderful opportunity for us to appreciate all the great things the sun gives us."-Mehmet Murat ildan   So put on the pause button and enjoy an evening sky show from sunsets around the world.  Relieve your summer moments as you peruse this mini-gallery. 


-Amanda Potts, Ottawa, Canada


"When the sun has set, no candle can replace it." -George R.R. Martin

Whenever I leave New York City at night, I always gaze back to view the skyline with its night jewels glistening.  I never grow tired of seeing Manhattan lit up against and evening sky. 


Embraceable Summer Sunset Beauties
@math912Teacher
@Skymaze3
#chazchaz via Al Dhalla
Kevin Foley
Rachel Murat
Amanda Potts
Nareem Warind
Carol Varsalona

Thank you for taking an evening walk with me.  All of these photos will be showcased in my soon-to-be-unveiled Embraceable Summer Gallery. In closing,, I leave you with a couple more inspiring quotes:  "There's a sunrise and sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free.  Don't miss so many of them."  -Jo Walton  So travel near or far this season and embrace earth's natural beauty.  As Atticus Finch said in To Kill a Mockingbird, "Never go too long without watching a sunset."

Tonight is the beginning of Poetry Friday and Cheriee Weichel is hosting her first Poetry Friday Roundup with an interview of a Canadian poet.  I am joining her to post my blog and read what others in our writing community are offering.

 

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Summer's Enduring Beauty

Beauty is
silent eloquence*-
 a soft, gentle breeze
wisping across a rippling lake,
a brilliant sunset quieting a busy world,
a calming sunrise morning greeting dawn 
a washout rainstorm offering a bright rainbow,
or just small, flitting flakes dancing in a winter sky.
Each season, nature as an artist, mixes new hues;
splashes living colors before our eyes, inviting
us to notice, wonder, and adventurously
seek endless joy.   Venture onward. 
Pause; soak in earth's beauty.
Be thankful for
the bliss of 
life-living
moments.
©CV, 2019
*French proverb

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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon,
my soul expands in the worship of the creator. 
-Mahatma Gandhi
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Join me on a virtual tour of exquisite sunset and sunrise beauties that will be featured in the upcoming Embraceable Summer Gallery.  Notice the different shades of sunset or sunrise colors in each of the skies.  Each photographer beautifully captured sunset's evening presence or morning's wake-up delight.

-#chazchaz from South Africa via Al Dhalla
-Rachel Murat, Cayuga Lake, NYS
-Laura Toledo, Southold, NY
Sunrise Morning

It is my hope to dazzle visitors with the beauty of each unique sunset and sunrise. Perhaps, you will even be inspired to create a poem to accompany one of the photos.  

Now, take a moment to pause and listen to Audrey Assad's version of For the Beauty of the Earth, one of my favorite songs of praise.

Give praise to God for "He hath made everything beautiful in its time".
-Ecclesiastes, 3:11

Thank you to the contributors of the Sunset and Sunrise Beauties Collection who shared a nature photograph of a beautiful moment they witnessed.  Their nature photographs will be featured in my upcoming gallery, Embraceable Summer.  

Contributors to the
Embraceable Summer
Sunset/Sunrise Beauties Collection
#chazchaz
Kumud Ajmani
Al Dhalla
Les Buchanan
Rachel Murat
Laura Toledo
Carol Varsalona
Rita Wirtz

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Each month the Spiritual Journey Thursday community comes together to write on a particular topic chosen by the host.  This month's host is Karen Eastlund who is recounting all things worthy of praise in her blog post, October's Beauty.   Please stop by her blog site where everyone is posting links to their offerings.  Then, consider finding your go-to-happy spot tomorrow and sharing a photograph, image poem, inspirational thought, or artwork with me for my next gallery, Abundant Autumn.