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Square September: Pink

Becky’s September square photo challenge Day 23! She would like us to share photos which embrace ‘pink’ – there could be pink in the photo, the subject or photographer could be ‘tickled pink’*, or indeed looking ‘in the pink’*. A photo that manages to do all three things is the ultimate offering.

An autumn sunset - there had to be at least one pink one!

This is it: the end of summer. The nights are now longer than the day. The autumn equinox falls on 23 September and officially marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. The word equinox comes from the Latin for “equal night”.

*‘in the pink’ means in perfect condition, or in good health, and ‘tickled pink’ means delighted.

September Squares | Pink

Almost A Black and White Sunday

postcard from america

“… when we stayed in San Diego several years ago, we were lucky to have an apartment high up in a building overlooking Coronado Island, from where we had the most wonderful sunset views. Although standing out on the balcony to take the photograph was a little hairy to say the least.”

WPC: Refraction

Red, orange and pink clouds occur almost entirely at sunrise and sunset and are the result of the scattering of sunlight by the atmosphere. When the angle between the sun and the horizon is less than 10 percent, as it is just after sunrise or just prior to sunset, sunlight becomes too red due to refraction for any colours other than those with a reddish hue to be seen. ~Wikipedia

I used to live in a second-storey flat that faced east-west. This meant that we could view both sunrises and sunsets. The most spectacular sunsets were in the autumn months. I miss those skies.

One Day One World Project: 20:00 – 21:00

Last Sunday OH and I headed off to listen to some music in one of the pubs taking part in the Ludlow Fringe Festival. The pub was so packed, we listened from outside for a while, then decided to head home via a stroll around the water-meadow and the castle walls. It was the last performance of “As You Like It” in the castle grounds and we could hear singing at the end of the play as we passed by.

What did make us stop though was the sight of the sun disappearing through a cloud and creating that well-known ‘silver-lining’.

We waited until it reappeared at the bottom of the cloud to capture the warm glow of a sun setting. Though it probably had another hour or so to go before it did.

Lisa of the blog NorthWest Frame of Mind has decided to run a different project over the next 24 weeks. To try to show what is happening in different parts of the world (if you all join in) at a particular time of day. If you would like to participate you have until next Saturday midnight to post a photo or write about what is happening in your part of the world between 20:00 – 21:00 this week. I hope you’ll join in! See links for more details.