One for the Sunset Collection
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dancinghorseI deliberately had a Lazy Day today. Wrote some pages (more to come before I sleep). Had a Nap. Did horse chores on schedule.
We have a weather change coming in--looks like The Big Cooldown that comes every October, when the temps go from pushing 90 to hovering around 70, and at night go down in the 40s. Then the storms coming out of the northwest instead of the south, and the winter rains come and go--much less dramatic than the summer monsoons, but (in non-drought years) steadier and better for the water table.
So today the clouds are thickening--mostly cirrus, but with variations, Chinese swirls and long sweeps and sharp brushstrokes. Sundown signaled itself not from the west (which was overcast) but from the northeast over Tanque Verde Ridge: the clouds were slate blue and grey washed over with hot pink, very intense, very focused above the ridge. Then a plane of light formed overhead from northeast to southwest, growing brighter and brighter, and fingerprints of flame-red started to appear on the clouds in the west and south. The plane of light faded and the east went slate blue and grey, and the west was brighter and brighter, the fingerprints larger and larger, and the air that had been grey overcast turned pellucid. The grey sky brightened to shades of slate and blue and gold and flame-red and lavender and pale green, and the clouds flamed up until they were almost blinding. Then the flames slowly faded into purple and blue-violet and slate. The sunset didn't so much die as move off below the horizon, until there was nothing left but a crimson glow against the black cutouts of mountains.
One for the collection of Best Sunsets Ever. Yes.
We have a weather change coming in--looks like The Big Cooldown that comes every October, when the temps go from pushing 90 to hovering around 70, and at night go down in the 40s. Then the storms coming out of the northwest instead of the south, and the winter rains come and go--much less dramatic than the summer monsoons, but (in non-drought years) steadier and better for the water table.
So today the clouds are thickening--mostly cirrus, but with variations, Chinese swirls and long sweeps and sharp brushstrokes. Sundown signaled itself not from the west (which was overcast) but from the northeast over Tanque Verde Ridge: the clouds were slate blue and grey washed over with hot pink, very intense, very focused above the ridge. Then a plane of light formed overhead from northeast to southwest, growing brighter and brighter, and fingerprints of flame-red started to appear on the clouds in the west and south. The plane of light faded and the east went slate blue and grey, and the west was brighter and brighter, the fingerprints larger and larger, and the air that had been grey overcast turned pellucid. The grey sky brightened to shades of slate and blue and gold and flame-red and lavender and pale green, and the clouds flamed up until they were almost blinding. Then the flames slowly faded into purple and blue-violet and slate. The sunset didn't so much die as move off below the horizon, until there was nothing left but a crimson glow against the black cutouts of mountains.
One for the collection of Best Sunsets Ever. Yes.
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