our most impressive sunsets these parts occur right about now, right at the end of the year.
and, last evening was a glorious sunset, worthy of any maxfield parrish sunset. you just don't think such colors exist, until you see them. wonderful. spectacular. and, boy oh boy, what a bastard to drive straight into after a rain leaves the highway glistening in the near freezing sheen on the road. but, worth it.
these parts, the sun goes down right behind the hills at the entrance to the columbia river gorge. and, when as last night, the sun light goes to the bottoms of low lying clouds at the gorge, the sun's rays pick up all the colors of the setting sun, and shine right onto the high foothills forming our valley, against the blue mountains. and the hills take on a golden hue, the summer fallow and wheat stubble turning a beautiful subdued taupe, and on evenings like last, the deep shadows and furrows and gullies a dull purple.
sunset west, radiant hills east. i'll take it over anything you slickers have to offer.
john jay @ 12.23.2020
p.s. oh, yeah, computers are up and running again, no thanks to the boy billionaires.
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