Setting Sun

Today was an exceptional day.  This morning, the sun rose and warmed the cool, crisp autumn air and caused fog to roll in the low lying fields and valleys on my drive to work.  The most wonderful sight was driving onto campus and seeing the fog roll ethereally down a grassy knoll to the street, like dry ice rolls off a stage at a play.  It was really something to encounter first thing in the morning.  A woman had stopped on her bicycle commute to snap a photo.  I wish I had done the same but it was fleeting and elusive.

Tonight the setting sun's angle caused some really dramatic highlights and lowlights on the scenery of my bike ride in the country.  It reminded me of Edward Hopper's way of making a sunset feel completely familiar yet totally desolate, like homes on the waterfront shuttered for the winter.  I've already spoken about feeling the change of the season but tonight I saw it.  Here's what it looks like. - l.o.d.