Sunset, Friday, 5 March 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 07:20PM
BVD in Blue Ridge, Henry David Thoreau, Sunset Paintings, Sunsetology

William Theodore Van Doren. Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on watercolor block, 16 x 20.

Henry David Thoreau:

Unless you watch, you do not know when the sun goes down. It is like a candle extinguished without smoke. A moment ago you saw that glittering orb amid the dry oak leaves in the horizon and now you can detect no trace of it.

In our case we have contrails for smoke.

Update on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 08:29AM by Registered CommenterBVD

This probably wasn’t clear: I like contrails. 

Update on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 08:33AM by Registered CommenterBVD

And smoke, too, for that matter.

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