sunset – Wandering Dawgs

Sunday Stills – The Impossible Brightness

November 23, 2025Posted in Nature, Photography, SunsetTagged Brightness, Cellpic Sunday, Mexican Sunflower, Photo Challenge, Sunday Stills, sunset25 Comments

For Terri’s latest Sunday Stills challenge she is asking us to show “All things bright and beautiful” during this autumn season of bright colors.

Where I live in coastal Georgia we don’t get the bright orange, red and yellow leaves on our trees. Instead, our sunrises and sunsets paint our sky a brilliant orange. The featured image was taken a few days ago when the sky was so glorious at sunset I had to stop and get out of my car to take a few photos.

I still have a few Mexican Sunflowers (Tithonia) left in the garden. They are about the only bright orange color I get in the fall. The bloom in the next image appeared to glow as the sunlight hit it this afternoon.

Many thanks to Terri for her Sunday Stills challenge The Impossible Brightness

Also shared with John’s Cellpic Sunday

Every Day is a Gift

Sunday Stills – Sunrises and Sunsets

June 24, 2025Posted in Nature, PhotographyTagged great outdoors, Photo Challenge, Sunday Stills, Sunrise, sunrise/sunset, sunset27 Comments

June is Outdoors Month and this month Terri’s Sunday Stills challenges are all focused on the great outdoors. This challenge is Sunrises and Sunsets in the great outdoors.

The featured image and the next one are of recent sunsets in my neighborhood in coastal Georgia. The rest are from various places around the United States.

Sunrise in Everglades National Park, Florida

Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills challenge Sunday Stills Sunrise and Sunset in the Great Outdoors

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #341 – Personal Favorites

March 23, 2025Posted in PhotographyTagged Coastal Georgia, Delicate Arch, Haines, Lens-Artists, Pacific Ocean, Personal Favorites, Photo Challenge, Sunrise, sunset34 Comments

For this challenge Tina is challenging us to show no more than five of our all time personal favorite images representing special moments or memories.

This is a really hard challenge for me. I have thousands of pictures in my archives. Most of them remind me of a special time, place or event. The sunrise in the header image was taken in my own back yard. It reminds me of how grateful I am for the gift of another day.

One of the most memorable events from our very first long RV trip occurred in Arches National Park in Utah. We wanted to take the hike for a close up view of Delicate Arch. The hike involved walking up slick red rock and included walking along a narrow ledge before getting to the Arch. I am terrified of heights and the idea of the ledge terrified me but I managed to get all the way to the top to take this picture. This picture reminds me of how I overcame my fears to see this beautiful sight.

Henry standing underneath Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

This silhouette of Henry at sunset reminds me of all the wonderful memories we have from our RV trip traveling south from Washington to California on Highway 101.

Henry watching the sunset over the Pacific Ocean in Washington

I have literally thousands of images from our 2013 RV trip to Alaska. We saw amazing landscapes and wildlife and visited many unique places. I chose this image because it brings back happy memories of our fun filled week in Haines. We took the time at the end of each day to enjoy this spectacular view from our campsite.

Watching for whales at the end of the day in Haines, Alaska

The last image reminds me to take the time to stop and enjoy a sunset when I get a chance. I call this tree the bird tree because I often see herons, egrets, wood storks, roseate spoonbills, and other birds perched on the dead limbs. The tree is located on the road to our neighborhood. I’ve driven past it many times over the years and have captured many beautiful sunsets here but this one is my all time favorite.

Many thanks to Tina for this challenge Lens-Artists #341 – Personal Favorites

Sunsets around the U.S.A.

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018Posted in Photography, RVing, SunsetTagged Photo Challenge, sunset, Wandering Wednesday13 Comments

A perfect ending to any day is watching a beautiful sunset.

20090806Sunset-(5) — Sunset at Campfire Lodgings in Asheville, NC

20080616Sunset-at-Golden-Hill-(9) — Sunset at Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse at Golden Hill State Park, NY

19Sunset-Galleon — Key West Sunset, Florida

20070420Sunset-at-Dungeness-Harbor-(14) — Sunset at Dungeness Harbor, Washington

20080112Sunset-at-Topsail-Beach-(22) — Sunset over the Gulf of Mexico, Topsail Hill State Park, FL

20100530Sunset-(19) — Sunset from Mackinaw City, MI

Sunset at Flamingo Campground in January, 2012 — Sunset at Flamingo Campground, Everglades National Park, FL

Henry enjoying a beautiful sunset at Cape Disappointment — Cape Disappointment, Washington

Inspired by Ingrid’s Wandering Wednesday photo prompt – sunset

Day 71: More exploring around Ninilchik

July 26, 2013June 19, 2015Posted in Alaska, Birds, Sunset, WildlifeTagged Bald Eagle, Kenai Peninsula, Mt. Redoubt, Ninilchik Village, sunset4 Comments

Day 71: Thursday, July 25, 2o13

Blondie and I started the day with our usual early morning walk by the marsh behind the campground.

The marsh behind the campground

View of the marsh and the bluff at the mouth of Deep Creek

Wildflowers everywhere

Later I went for a long walk on the beach away from the campground and boat launch area. It was a beautiful day and many boats had gone out fishing. I passed by many people digging for clams, walking along the beach, or four wheeling by the water. The tide was low so there was plenty of beach.

My hope was to find flocks of eagles feasting on the fish carcasses that end up on the beach at low tide. The only birds dining on the carcasses were hundreds of gulls at waters edge. I managed to find a couple of eagles sitting tucked away high up on the bluff overlooking the water.

Lots of trailers lined up on the beach

There were trickles of water coming down the bluff by the beach

There were several downed trees at the base of the cliff

Razor clam shell. Digging for these razor clams is a popular activity along the beach.

People strolling along the beach at low tide with the sea gulls in the foreground

Shell and rocks on the beach

Eagle on the bluff overlooking the water

This eagle was hard to spot behind the grass

Later in the day Henry and I took a drive to see the Russian Orthodox church which sits on a bluff overlooking Ninilchik Village. Ninilchik was first explored and settled by Russians and there are families who have lived here for many generations. I met two women at the church who manage the gift shop and maintain all the graves. They grew up in Ninilchik together and lived with relatives in Anchorage to attend high school because at the time there was no high school in Ninilchik. They graduated together in 1950.

There was an eagle soaring over the bluff as I looked down into the village.

The Russian Orthodox Church in Ninilchik

Gorgeous field of wildflowers across the street from the church

Russian Orthodox Church

Eagle soaring over bluff at Russian Orthadox Church in Ninilchik

Looking down at Ninilchik Village from the Russian Orthodox Church

We enjoyed relaxing with Ted and Ruth Ann and feasting on clam chowder that Ruth Ann made from the razor clams that Ted had dug that morning. Henry cooked hamburgers on the grill to finish up a great dinner. As we sat by a campfire after dinner we could see about 2 adult eagles and 4 or 5 young eagles soaring over the bluff by the mouth of Deep Creek.

I went to bed early and was sleeping soundly when Henry woke me up about 11:00 pm and said to come outside to look at something. I couldn’t imagine what it was but put on a jacket over my pajamas before going outside to see the most spectacular sunset I’ve ever seen. It was so out of this world I felt like I was on Mars!.