And the Sun Has Set

"One of the most satisfying experiences I know is fully to appreciate an individual

in the same way I appreciate a sunset.

When I look at a sunset...
I don't find myself saying,

'Soften the orange a litle more on the right hand corner,

and put a bit more purple along the base, 
and use a little more pink in the cloud color...'

I don't try to control a sunset.

I watch it with awe as it unfolds."

Carl R. Rogers

MySpot: Spending a Hot Day

*Ph/ Dreamboy and Manu

"Wind swept view of the bay.

Here a big oak tree stood in the yard.

Resting beneath the tree was an old, 
red wooden bench swing

just waiting for someone to come sit and dangle her feet."

Carol-Ann Medina - Angel Whispers: Be Still and Listen

Blueness Doth Express Trueness

"The sea stood up before him, foaming,

torn by lightning bolts, 

opening terrifying mouths that gobbled up the dense,

hard black rains unleashed by the sky like hate."

Jean-François Beauchemin

MySpot: The Sunlight Falls

*Ph of me/ Dreamboy

"We were after light

and it began to look as though we were after heat, 

not to reveal some information or

not to find out the story."

Mike Wallace

Shall Bring My Boats Ashore

"In the searing heat,

it was pleasant to lie there,

while shafts of burning light pierced the gloom (..)"

Alexandra Sellers

MySpot: Had for a Long Time Listened to the Murmuring of Reeds

*Ph of me/ Dreamboy

"Or haply, some idle dreamer, like me,
To wander, and muse, and gaze on thee,
Still—save the chirp of birds that feed
On the river cherry and seedy reed,
And thy own wild music gushing out
With mellow murmur of fairy shout,
From dawn to the blush of another day,
Like traveler singing along his way.
That fairy music I never hear,
Nor gaze on those waters so green and clear,
And mark them winding away from sight,
Darkened with shade or flashing with light..."

William Cullen Bryant - Green River

Stretches Towards the Setting Sun

"The trees were huge and they blocked the hot summer sun.

It was great hearing the birds singing,

no matter which way we turned."

Lori Sue Schmitt - Even A Bird With Broken Wings Can Fly

MySpot: Good Old Summer Time

*Ph of me/ Dreamboy

"A hot summer’s day

when everything was hotter, slower and lazier..."

Namik Gulsun - Master of Puppets

Sails of Fire

"The sunset over the bay that evening
was a conflagration of blood-red and orange
and deep, gold-edged purple. 

I remember: unforgettable."

Anne Rivers Siddons