the quality of the evening sunlight has been exceptional the past three nights (tonight inclusive).
"No charge for lousy sunsets"
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not exactly sunset but the late evening sunshine was involved -- causal, even. 😎
Whazzat ?
Another 'rustic' cedar bench for the back patio. Oldest daughter's graduation party is next Saturday, so I'm trying to get everything ready. The benches will mount to the deck in an 'L' at the far corner of the deck.
The deck needs stain/sealer, and I'm going to skirt in in long strips of cedar. But that ain't happening before next weekend.
The deck needs stain/sealer, and I'm going to skirt in in long strips of cedar. But that ain't happening before next weekend.
The iPhone photos look great to me!
What can I say? I'm obsessed with sunsets.
I'd probably do sunrises, too, but the hill to our east blocks our view. 😐
.... and the Solstice.
2-1/2 inches (or more; I didn't check this evening!) of rain in the last 48 hours -- but it cleared this evening for a little while, and the summer solstice sunset of 2019 was very nice indeed here in the Connecticut River Upper Valley.
DSC_5424 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
DSC_5427 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
2-1/2 inches (or more; I didn't check this evening!) of rain in the last 48 hours -- but it cleared this evening for a little while, and the summer solstice sunset of 2019 was very nice indeed here in the Connecticut River Upper Valley.
DSC_5424 by Mark Hardy, on FlickrDSC_5427 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
We're still under cloud after a similar amount of rain. I won't mind a little earlier sundown. Need to get closer to the equator..... and the Solstice.
2-1/2 inches (or more; I didn't check this evening!) of rain in the last 48 hours -- but it cleared this evening for a little while, and the summer solstice sunset of 2019 was very nice indeed here in the Connecticut River Upper Valley.
update: coming up on six years up here full time (well, for Mrs. H -- I had a six month work-release program in MA before retiring and being up here full time 
) -- still -- no charges incurred to date.
DSC_5843 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
) -- still -- no charges incurred to date. DSC_5843 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
^^^ very, very nice!
Thanks for posting those!
Thanks for posting those!
You are very welcome, I just need to take better still shots or get a decent camera versus relying on the old “iPhone.”^^^ very, very nice!
Thanks for posting those!
Not a bad looking workshop set up you got there. Might be the good start of a separate workshop thread?
Yup.
Nice!
The best sunrises & sunsets in New England occur during the longer days (often Spring and Fall, rather than summer) when there's a shelf of clouds with a fair amount of texture on their undersides, and the sun is very low in the sky. The result is the best I've seen with my own personal, on-board set of eyes.
Used to see a coupla such sunrises per year in my commutin' days.
We don't really see sunrise here due to the steep hillside to our east, but we do get the occasional sunset along the lines I just described.
My best photos of a sunset of this type are 'way back at:
"No charge for lousy sunsets"
another "no charge" night here after a pretty good, all-day rain... 024 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr 014 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr 026 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr 045 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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