Sunsets

If you know me then you know I am a sucker for pretty skies - no matter what time of the day.  My love for sunrises, sunsets, pretty clouds and full moons stems from my Grandpa Etto.  I have fond memories of sitting on the beach in Naples, Florida with my grandpa waiting to see the green flash.  Grandpa would explain to me that if you looked long enough, right until the sun disappeared beyond the horizon, you would see a bright green flash for only a second.  Time after time when the sun sank down Grandpa would ask me, "Did you see it?!" and time after time I would reply, "Not this time, maybe next."  To this day, I don't think I have seen the infamous green flash.

Dots are in my vision.  Blinking does little to rid them.  I have been on my apartment's rooftop for ten minutes now staring into the setting sky.  I'm on the phone with my best friend from grade school and she asks what I'm up to.  I tell her I'm watching the sunset and she immediately replies without hesitation, "typical AP!"  Natural beauty is undoubtedly irreplaceable.  Watching the sky change color in a matter of minutes as the sun sets is incredible.  There is something so satisfying about watching the sun rise or the sun set.  Mother Nature truly is the greatest artist with the largest palette.

"How blessed is the last light before the dark.  That last, rebellious and triumphant spark, before it too becomes the ash of the night." – Tyler Knott Gregson