Sycamores in evening light

A week ago, the sycamores along Merrimon Avenue were illuminated in the late afternoon light. This view is from the Beaver Lake path, a favorite destination.

Winter light

The rain has blown through, bringing colder air and freezing temperatures back, at last, to the mountains.

evening light to the far side of the ravine

The combination of clear, dry air, pushing out last bits of clouds gave a luminous quality to the evening light. 

towards the ravine

 My iPhone didn't do a great job capturing what I saw (especially in the other direction, at sunset), and I'm realizing that I really need a replacement for my ancient digital Nikon D100 SLR, too, if I really want to keep getting those out-of-the-ordinary images.

Beautiful evening light

I'm grateful for the light surrounding our house in the mountains.

We have morning sunrises from the kitchen window and deck and evening light from the front door and side windows.

In winter, the light slants low, illuminating the house throughout the day, including my small ground-floor studio space.

Recovering, now, from a nasty virus, I was glad to be able to take a nice rest (not my usual mode) on the couch looking out at the evening light.  I searched out a late August view.

Here are a couple of late October versions.

Sunsets in the mountains are good.  I'm grateful.

Evening light

Fall color and evening light have stretched out magically; the unexpected warm weather has extended fall color...and the clouds this week -- both in the morning and the evening, have been wonderful.

All of this has made pre-dinner walks (even after daylight savings time and early darkness) quite lovely.

This evening's loop around Beaver Lake in North Asheville (a favorite walking place) -- special, indeed.

Walking at Beaver Lake