Tag: sunset

A very bright sunset

At Rabbit Ridge Run near Valle Crucis, North Carolina “Sunset is the opening music of the night.”Mehmet Murat ildan

Autumn sunset

It’s been a long time since I witnessed a sunset from my front porch. But I’m no longer driving to my father’s house every day to help care for him and then coming home after dark each evening. Sadly, he passed away on Tuesday after eight months of being in at-home hospice care. He was…

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The Golden Hour

From the back deck on one of the few evenings this Spring that we haven’t had rain… “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.”  ~Aaron Rose

WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Rise/Set

Beautiful sunrises and sunsets can be viewed in very ordinary places.  I’ve photographed several at our local Walmart. These are from a year ago when I stopped at Walmart to pick up a few things for my husband who was then in the hospital after suffering a major stroke. I didn’t know was ahead for…

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A New Center of Gravity: A Walmart Sunset #4

  Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.   (Oprah Winfrey) (I had stopped by our local Walmart on the way home from the hospital to pick up a few things for my husband.  He was at that…

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Fear Not the Thorns: A Walmart Sunset #3

  March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life’s path. (Khalil Gibran) (I had stopped by our local Walmart on the way home from the hospital to pick up a few things for my husband.  He was…

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One Step at a Time: A Walmart Sunset #2

I had stopped by our local Walmart on the way home from the hospital to pick up a few things for my husband.  He was at that moment in a hospital bed suffering from a major stroke, and I was exhausted and fearful.  Coming out into the Walmart parking lot, I witnessed a magnificent sunset […]

The Little Things: A Walmart Sunset #1

I had stopped by our local Walmart on the way home from the hospital to pick up a few things for my husband.  He was at that moment in a hospital bed suffering from a major stroke, and I was exhausted and fearful.  Coming out into the Walmart parking lot, I witnessed a magnificent sunset…

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