The Daily Sunset June 26, 2006

The Daily Sunset June 25, 2006

A Summer storm sky,

without the storm,

anchored to the ground,

by a kite.

And the sun pokes out,

peering through the cloud bank,

with a masked stare,

lookng for all the world,

like the Hamburgler.

(This opinion is the opinion of the author and in no way reflects the opinion of McDonald's Inc. or any of it's subsidiaries or anyone ever employed by same even through I am responsible for about 20 billion of their "billions served" for which they ought to owe me a whole lot of money but they haven't paid it yet though I am still waiting.)

The Daily Sunset June 24, 2006

A firey cap

for the end of a nice day,

while surfers just float on their boards,

in silent reverence.

The Daily Sunset June 23, 2006

A sailboat races the sunset home,

seeking it's nest among the slips.

...and the number one way to tell that you live at the beach...

(insert drumroll here)

SAND IN THE REFRIGERATOR...

(oh, and beer!!)

The Daily Sunset June 19, 2006

A tranquil evening reflection,

across the sand,

or maybe across,

the sands of time.

And tranquility in more ways than one;

like the loving arms,

of mother Jen,

and baby James.

The Daily Sunset June 15, 2006

A lone surfer exits,

finished riding in the pale gold of the evening sky.

Just another nice evening,

just another end of day,

...just.

The Daily Sunset June 13, 2006

Every scene that I shoot I try to imagine first.

This was a sunrise and I was too late for the colors;

but was a beautiful morning anyway.

A Son Rise June 12, 2006

How do I describe a miracle?

Maybe it's uncountable odds,

against an occurrance,

something that happens,

even beyond chaos calculations.

Or the hand of God,

reaching from above to sway the odds.

I don't know.

But I do know that there's definitely one that's named...

James Nicholas Gibson!

A six pound,

eight ounce,

miracle.

The proud parents...

and rock-a-bye Sweet Baby James!

The Daily Sunset June 11, 2006

A solitary figure and a surfboard,

a dad waiting,

for his daughter and her friend to rinse off.

A double sun reflection,

caused by unknown effects...

odd, that I saw it all,

so rarely am I turned,

away from my Western view...

just talking to a friend.

The Daily Sunset June 10, 2006

Cloudy and drizzly all week,

breaking into Saturday sunshine,

a line of clouds capturing most of the sunset,

then,

just at the end,

it pops out,

to give me a wink,

just before settling in for the night.

The Daily Sunset June 03, 2006

I didn't take many shots on this night.

Too much the same

(see my comments on same Summer sunsets below.)

Little did I know at the time how special this one was.

There wasn't another sunset for a week after this one.

The Daily Sunset June (at last!) 02, 2006

A kite,

sailing the light evening winds,

beautiful in it's simple functionality,

giving shape to

what has none of it's own.

But what's really special

is not the kite,

but what the kite is attached to...

a child!
You see...

the beach is the world's biggest toy.
You can't break it,
it's mandatory that you go play in the dirt,
and then, when you're done, you don't mind taking a bath.

And, oh the laughter...

of a child at the beach...

there's no finer music in all of God's creation.

Here's one where I was futzing with the camera settings.
An end of the world effect.

The Daily Sunset June 1, 2006

So,

after last night's dissertation on

the sunset's all being the same from now on

The Lord says...

yeah right!!

I'll show ya!

Deep sigh!

I love it when He shows me how wrong I can be...

like this.