Ah, it has been awhile, now hasn't it?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Sunset pics from about 20 minutes ago...Have a look!

[The Straight Story]

1. My dear friend Peggy

Love em!

Here we have nothing but smoke- so such pics are more than welcome!:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Straight Story...

Oh, how awful for you...

The smoke must be no fun to breathe...

Glad you like my pics...

:hug:

[TOhioLiberal]

2. Hi Peggy...

This is the only new picture I have.

Hot off the webcam.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear TOhioLiberal...

Wow, good for you!

That is a very good (if serious) picture...

I have no idea how you use a webcam...:blush:

Thanks for sharing it tonight, sweetie! :hug:

[TOhioLiberal]

9. Thanks Peggy...

...I'm in a serious frame of mind tonight. :hug:

[wildhorses]

5. hey tohio --

how long is your hair? you have beautiful eyes :loveya:

[TOhioLiberal]

7. My hair is just past my shoulders...

My FDIL talked me into coloring it. We used strawberry blonde and it lightened my hair to light brown with red tones. Thanks for the compliment, I'm feeling down. It perked me up.

[wildhorses]

12. i think you should treat yourself

to a day at a spa...with a make-over. you are gorgeous and texas should see the best you can be. are you going to change your user name to reflect the new you?

you are going to do just fine. i have a feeling :hug:

[wildhorses]

6. really nice, peg --

thanks :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear wildhorses...

I was thinking that it's been waaay too long since I did one of these...

And I know you love them...

Glad you had a chance to take a look, sweetie... :loveya:

Thank you...

[VenusRising]

10. Beautiful colors!

It reminds me of an old Swatch watch watch I used to wear.

:hi::hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear VenusRising!

Thanks, sweetie!

An old Swatch watch?

Hmmm....

Cool.......

:hug:

[VenusRising]

13. Oh, Peggy.

You just never know what is going to jump into your mind because of a picture.

If it helps, it was my very favorite watch.

Blue and pink checkerboard pattern on the face.

I loved it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. It's true that you never know what will trigger your memories!

Thanks for the clarification, sweetie!

It had to be a very cool watch...:pals:

[Miss Marmelstein]

15. What a lovely sunset.....

and photos! :hug:

I couldn't sleep so I'm watching the beautiful sunrise. I should take some photos but I'm lousy with a camera and too damned lazy! Besides the coffee is ready.
:donut:

:loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear Miss Marmelstein!

How lovely to see you, sweetie!

And where are you that you're watching the sunrise?

I thought you lived on the west coast of Mexico!

I hope your broken finger is healed...

Enjoy your coffee!

And thank you for your very kind words...

:loveya:

:hug:

[Miss Marmelstein]

17. We live in Mexico....

but escape during the summer....too hot!

We are in Naxos, Greece so the sun has just come up and is quite lovely this morning.

Finger not yet healed and I miss my piano sooo much...I hope your husbands shoulder has healed and he can put in some serious piano time for me. PLEASE! :cry: I'm going nuts without my music!

I always enjoy your photos dear Calpeg!

:pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Ah, no wonder the sun's just coming up!

I'm sorry your finger is not yet healed...

My husband's shoulder is very good, and he is taking advantage of that to play a lot!

I hope that your healing will accelerate.....:hug:

Thank you for enjoying my pictures, sweetie!

:pals:

[UrbScotty]

18. Yes it HAS been a while, my dear CaliforniaPeggy!

Sunlight reflecting off clouds.... I like it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear ih8thegop!

I know it has, and it's been bothering me...

But either we're busy eating dinner, or the skies have been lousy...

But tonight, I was able to catch these from my upstairs master bedroom balcony...

Glad you like these, sweetie! :hug:

[EFerrari]

21. Thank you for giving me something to stay my eyes on.

:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear sfexpat2000!

Glad to be of service, sweetie!

:hug:

[Lionel Mandrake]

23. clouds, trees, roof, and wires

Some elements show up in all three pics. Some in only one or two. I like all three compositions.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear Lionel Mandrake...

It's true that all of those elements show up in some of the pics...

But I tried like crazy to keep the wires out of all of them...

They just degrade the landscape as far as I'm concerned!

Thank you for your compliments...

I really appreciate them!

:hi:

[blondie58]

25. too pretty, Peggy- thanks for sharing

I don't get to see enough sunrises or sunsets, unless I get out and walk some- which I never seem to find the time for.

My next house WILL have a primo nature viewing area for sunrises/sunsets/hummingbirds and it must be outdoor.

I don't have a good view to view sunrises, but I do have good hummingbird sitings.

I have a plant in my front yard that attracts them and just saw a couple as I went out to get my Sunday paper.

It is such a joy to see those flying jewels. And to hear them- they seem to be singing. I LOVE NATURE!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. My dear blondie58!

Thanks! I appreciate your kind remarks...

I hear you about making time for getting out to see the views...

I'm not a morning person, and the sunrises here aren't all that interesting...

But the sunsets over the ocean...that's another matter!

I just have to plan a little, and I can be there...

Hummingbirds are wonderful and gorgeous...I do get them here, but photographing them takes skills I don't have!

:hug:

[Left_Winger]

26. Here's a view from the Atlantic Coast

Sunrise at Litchfield Beach, SC:




Here's one I took back in early July of the moon rising over the ocean:

[blondie58]

27. your pictures are awesome, too Left Winger

Boy, we live on a gorgeous planet. I hope that we can save it from ourselves.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. My dear Left_Winger!

Oh wow, yours are wonderful!

They both knock my socks off!

Thanks for coming by and contributing to the beauty here...:hug:

[WCGreen]

28. A sunset over Lake Erie....

As usual, great pics...

[blondie58]

30. oooh- how lovely

that's it- mental note to self- GO FOR WALKS AT sunrise!

I am always up early, but find myself wasting time on the computer, etc.

[WCGreen]

37. That is a very good way to start the day....

But I'm a night person and the only time I ever see a sunrise is when I have stayed up all night...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Your picture is so beautiful, Chris...

Thank you for sharing it with me, and all of us, today!

Glad you liked mine, of course...

:hug:

[WCGreen]

38. Thanks Peggy

[BarenakedLady]

29. How purty

Thank you Peggy.

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. My dear BarenakedLady!

Oh, thank you, sweetie!

I'm always happy to share with you... :hug:

[huskerlaw]

34. Oooh!

Did you risk heat stroke to get those pictures?

It was pushing 100 yesterday here in the Valley. I'm sure today will be similar.

As always, they're lovely!

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. My dear huskerlaw!

If it had been any other time than sunset I would have been risking it!

But then, the temps were cooling down a bit, and there was a nice little damp breeze...

Don't you just love monsoonal moisture? :sarcasm:

Glad you like them!

:hug:

[mwdem]

39. I like the pine tree in the last one.

I miss pines, haven't lived among them in years!:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. My dear mwdem!

Thanks!

It's my neighbor's tree...

So we don't get to stand under it or near it in any meaningful way...

But it's great to look at!

:hi:

[Parche]

41. My Dear CaliforniaPeggy

Is that from your place??

Awesome!!! :bounce: :bounce:

Have you ever been to KeyWest and seen one of their sunsets?



:hi:

"When fear is too terrible, when reality is too agonizing, we seek escape in manufactured danger, in the thrills and pleasures of pretending-in the amusement parks of our unamusing world. Here, in frantic pretending, Man finds escape and temporary peace, and goes home tired enough to sleep a short, deep sleep. But what happens here when night comes? When pretending ends, and reality begins?"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. My dear Parche!

Yes, I took these from the second floor master bedroom balcony!

I'd been thinking that the clouds looked promising, and as soon as they turned, I ran upstairs to get my camera and take some pics!

So glad you like them!

I've never been to Key West...I hear their sunsets, and sunrises, BTW, are astonishing...

Thank you again, for the wonderful quote...It's lovely!

:hug: