when the sun sets

its my favorite time of day. sunset. dusk. those few sacred minutes of transition between daytime and night. when the sun comes down to meet us and look us face to face before it says goodnight. shining through everything bending and reflecting colors making things vibrant. the very very best is when its just almost dark and the neon of restaurant and gas station signs have already come on and the traffic lights are changing. they look the most alive against a setting sun sky. 

i am enamored with the sky. how no two days or nights ever look the same. how each day is beautiful. for a while now i've not been able to keep from taking pictures of the sky when i'm lucky enough to catch it at my favorite time. and sometimes i go find it on purpose. these were taken over the past year. all in the same town, yet not one is the same. 

last night we went in search of our sunset and we were not disappointed. you can breathe when you drive about 15 miles in any direction of this town. you can see who knows how far and you can enjoy unobstructed views of the setting sun as it says goodnight until tomorrow. 

the sun sets at 8:56 pm tonight, by the way.