Saturday, August 29, 2015

Holding onto the sun

The sun is setting earlier each night.  The countdown has begun toward that 4PM December sunset…uffda.  The sunset last night at 8:07 PM…we had 13 hours and 33 minutes of daylight yesterday.  It was a warm day with a high of 81 F or 27 C  eh!  The humidity was almost as high as the temperature.

Last night I had two willing victims eager participants for photos, my great nephew and great niece.

Anna holding the sun

Anna holding the sun!

Mason holding the sun

Mason

The kids were out riding their bikes whilst their Mother was jogging.

We were on our nightly ride…saw just two deer and no turkeys.

Sunset August 28

We watched the sun disappear behind the clouds as we drove. We have a smoky haze in the air from the wildfires out west.  At times you can smell the smoke in the air.  I hope the fires out west are put out soon.

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16 comments:

Gail said...

Beautiful. Have a wonderful weekend.

Tired Teacher said...

The smoke has been hanging around this valley for weeks, and my house smells like a campfire. I, too, hope the fires are extinguished soon.

Clever photos with Anna and Mason.

Muffie said...

How cute are those photos! Seriously? You can smell the fires from so far away? I'm amazed!

Patsy said...

Great shots !

Terry and Linda said...

With winter just about here I TOO want to hold onto the summer sun! Great shots, Connie!

Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com

Cynthia said...

Cute photos with the kiddos holding the sun. The last photo's a beaut!

thecrazysheeplady said...

Nice shots! Wouldn't it be nice if I could get a sheep to do something like that - maybe sniffing the sun :-).

Anonymous said...

Here in Minneapolis MN we are having a slight haze from the Canadian fires, too. No smell of smoke though.

Shirley H.

Henny Penny said...

I like the pictures. With all the trees here I can't see the sun going down but we did have the orange glow over everything last evening. I ran in for the camera and got a few pictures.

Country Gal said...

Lovely photos ! It is cooler in the evenings and mornings here but the day time creeps up to hot and humid again . The only smoke smell we get here is the bond fires in the area . The sun sets at 8:04 pm here now and is getting later to rise in the mornings to . Thanks for sharing , Have a good day eh!

Sam I Am...... said...

So cute those kids and I love the photos! I had no idea you were getting the smoke from the fires...that's a ways away!

Lady Jane said...

Great photos! I am praying the fires are out soon...

Red said...

Yes, days are starting to rapidly shorten. We've had a week of heavy smoke.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful photos and sweet "models." So sad about the fires.
Wishing you a nice day.

DJan said...

That haze is mostly from our wildfires in Washington state. Can you believe how much of our beautiful land has burned down? I love your idea of capturing the sun. :-)

L. D. said...

I noticed the moon last night was so beautiful. I may have to take a class some time to figure that all out. Or maybe read directions from off the net. They are great photos and I am sure the kids were thrilled when you had them help with it.