Easter Sunday, Part 2: Sunset on the Pacific Ocean, California!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Edited to add link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5039465

[AirmensMom]

1. Those are beautiful, Peggy!

:bounce:

:loveya: :hug: :grouphug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thank you, my dear AirmensMom!

As are yours!

Now to add the link!

:loveya: :hug:

[AirmensMom]

8. I like that you got the water.

We didn't get that close this time. :D

:loveya: :hug:

[LaurenG]

3. Nice and very soothing.

Thanks they are gorgeous CP!


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[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear OhioBlues.....

Thank you so much.....

The end of the day can be that way!

If you haven't already, be sure to check out AirmensMom's!

:loveya: :hug:

[Call Me Wesley]

4. Especially the 2nd one!

This is a light I haven't seen in your pictures yet. Beautiful. :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear Call Me Wesley!

Hmmm....well, I was shooting directly into the sun, and the sky was quite clear....

So maybe those conditions did the trick?

Glad you like these!

Did you see AirmensMom's? We decided it would be fun to bracket the same day with sunrise and sunset.....

:loveya: :hug:

[Call Me Wesley]

7. It's just a nice different light.

Yes, I saw AirmensMom's pictures. I just need to post there yet. :)

:loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

9. How gorgeous, Peggy!

I saw AirmensMom's sunrise pictures. Your beautiful sunset pictures are the perfect bookend!

:toast: :bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear SeattleGirl!

Thank you so much, sweetie!

This whole thing was AirmensMom's idea......and I think it is very clever!

We've made Lounge history, I think.....I never have seen this done before...

Glad you like them!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

15. It is very clever!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

10. Self delete

[SeattleGirl]

Holy cow! I quad-posted!

:blush:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. You sure did!

But I won't be evil, and respond to each and every one of them! :evilgrin:

Thanks for coming by, sweetie!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

14. Thanks for your restraint, Peggy!

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Indeed!

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

17. Gosh, do I win the gold medal for being the first DU female to

do a perfect quad in the lounge? Or do I need to follow it with a triple toe loop? :rofl:

[AirmensMom]

18. Well, did you land on one foot?

:shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

19. Of course! I absolutely stuck the landing!

No ankle wobble. No excess ice chips flying out from under the blade! :evilgrin:

[AirmensMom]

25. And you smiled?

It's important not to look like it hurts. :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

11. Self delete again

[billyskank]

20. ...

:o

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear billyskank!

Thanks for coming by, sweetie! Hope you liked them!

I think that AirmensMom is very clever for having thought up this concept!

:loveya: :hug:

[maveric]

22. Peggy, you never cease to amaze me with you photographic prowess.

And it really helps to be in SoCal where you have the great opportunities for such such fantasic shots!
Kudos my friend!
:toast: :pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear maveric......

Thank you so much! Your praise means a whole lot to me.....

:loveya: :hug:

[YankeyMCC]

23. Very nice thx n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. My dear YankeyMCC!

Glad you like them! You're most welcome.....:hi:

[bigwillq]

24. Very nice Peggy!

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. My dear bigwillq!

Thank you so much! :hi:

[Texasgal]

26. More purdy pictures from Miss Peggy!

Very nice!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. My dear Texasgal!

I hope that between my pictures, and AirmensMom's, that you're feeling much less sad today!

Glad you came by.....and even gladder that you like these!

:hug: :pals:

[Xipe Totec]

27. I don't have a sunset photograph

Yours are so lovely that they inspired me to search through the archives for one of my favorite Kodak moments. So let me paint you this picture in words, to thank you for sharing yours:

Memento

I was about to spend the weekend with my father at the drilling site, somewhere in northern Mexico. Dusk was approaching as we traveled a lonely dirt road winding through the hill country. There was nothing but chaparral, cactus, and the occasional wild pepper plant. And there was also mile upon mile of barbed wire fence. Suddenly he stopped the truck. He got out and motioned for me to follow. He went to the fence and leaned his forearms on the barbed wire and looked out to the horizon. I followed his gaze and saw that he was watching the sunset. Gray clouds were dissipating in the west. The sun was starting to fall behind the clouds, heading toward the high hills in the far horizon. The colors started to change. The bright blues became darker, while the clouds that were gray caught fire. A deep orange blaze came from the center of the clouds, as if we were looking into the heart of an open furnace, or Thor’s own forge. We stood there for a very long time watching this majestic sunset. The colors slowly faded back to gray, while the stars began to twinkle in the heretofore-empty blue sky, now inky black. Without a word my father stepped back from the fence and climbed back into the truck, and I followed. We continued all the way to the drilling campsite without exchanging a word.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. My dear Xipe Totec!

Thank you so much for your eloquent words! I can see the sunset unfolding as you tell your story.....

The power of words is almost beyond belief, isn't it?

I am honored that you chose me to tell this to......Thank you again...

:hug:

[OhioBlue]

31. I love those pictures!

especially the second one - very beautiful.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear OhioBlue.......

I am so happy that you like these.....

They are like my children....I cannot choose which one I like best!

Thank you..... :loveya: :hug:

[6000eliot]

35. Beautiful, Peggy!

I especially like the first and the third ones.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. My dear 6000eliot!

I thank you so much! Isn't it interesting how different folks like different pictures?

Hey, as long as you come by, and enjoy the view, who cares?!

It pleases me to share what beauty I find in my world!

Go and have a look at AirmensMom's thread....hers is the matching bookend to mine!

:hug: :pals:

[6000eliot]

36. Dupe

How did it happen? I only hit the button once.

[liberaltrucker]

38. kick

:)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

39. Gorgeous!

What a great idea! Thanks to you and Airmen'sMom both! :hug::hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. My dear GoddessOfGuinness!

I am so pleased that you like these!

And the WHOLE credit for the idea goes to AirmensMom! She originally thought it up, and we both ran with it.....

It was a lot of fun!

You're welcome..... :loveya: :hug: