‘during the gloaming mother nature holds her breath.
she lowers her eyes and there is a eerie stillness
much like that in a moment of silent prayer.
night slides over her as her day is done.
everything about her is now secret,
hidden in the darkness just begun’
-helen osbourne
—
dexter, michigan, usa – november 2025
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A wonderful sunset, and lovely quote to go with it.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks, Pete. It all happened so fast
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Beautiful!
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Great!
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❤️
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Beautiful photo and poignant poem.
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Thanks and she’s a beautiful writer
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Great photo. I’ll have to look up gloaming.
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It’s the twilight or dusk, the change from day to night
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Beautiful!
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Thanks and so quickly-
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Always a pleasure.
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Love the photo. For me this is approaching the worst time of year, I love long evenings and when it’s practically dark by 4:30pm it’s depressing. Still, once Christmas is over we can look forward to Spring and a re-birth.
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Yes, I live longer days of light as well, and see each day after the solstice as a return of more light each day for sure, even if it’s just a minute !)
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Wow…and whoa. I love the pic, Beth. We’ve had some sunrises and sunsets recently with spectacular pinky purple hues. Total showstoppers. The Helen Osbourne poem is such a perfect accompaniment. The lyrics from Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” immediately came to mind…”Hello darkness, my old friend…I’ve come to talk with you again…”
Much love to you this morning! 🥰
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Each one is so different and this all happened so quickly, and then, darkness. That song works perfectly with this and I love all of their music so thanks for that.
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Thank you! ❤️🥰❤️
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A spectacular sunset,
and they are all stellar,
in their own special way,
by single-handedly
signifying the end
of another successful day
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You’re so right
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🌞🌅
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This is lovely
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A great way to end the day
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Beautiful photo, Beth! I do find these darker moments and shorter days hard, to be honest, but your shared poem and photo bring beauty to these quieter cooler days!
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I agree, I love the longer days of daylight, but these moments help. Thanks-
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WOW!!
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And it all happened pretty quickly
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Oh my gosh, Beth. I can’t get over the intensity of the color and how it is hitting mostly the bottom half of the clouds. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that. Wow.
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Stunning Beth!
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spectacular Beth! 💜💜
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Gloaming, I love that word!
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It seems the perfect word to describe it
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Gorgeous photo to go with this wonderful poem.
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Thanks!
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Wonderful little poem…and the photo is stunning.
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Thanks, it all happened so fast and then it was gone
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Another precious sky pattern. I can almost see the clouds shifting. 😊❤️
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they shifted very quickly
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A gorgeous sky.
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a gift –
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Terrific shot!
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thanks, John. almost didn’t catch it –
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How beautiful!
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it came and went so fast, but was very beautiful
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What an amazing photo. A true red. fire in the sky.
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Mother Nature is on fire right now
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We had a sky very like this just a few nights ago. Never occurred to me to take a picture.
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It was quick and really caught me by surprise. As you know a picture doesn’t even do it real justice.
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Those words, that photo–stunningly beautiful.
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Thank you –
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Beautiful photo, Beth, and the poem by Helen Osbourne was wonderful.
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And yet each new day holds the promise of something amazing happening.
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absolutely
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perfect pairing! and so timely. tks beth!
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<3
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Beautiful!
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That’s one advantage to the early darkness: being able to catch stunning sunsets!
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yes, but it happens so fast and then bam! you’re in the dark!
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Incredible photo and poem to match. The darkness is honestly very hard on me. I’m already missing the summer sun.
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same!!
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How beautiful! Where is Dexter Michigan?
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close to Ann Arbor, southeast part of the state
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That is just beautiful!
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it happened really quickly and then was gone –
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Beautiful Beth.
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thank you, and it was so quick –
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😍😍😍
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<3
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Beautiful shot! 😍
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thanks!
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Now this captures Michigan’s beauty! Congratulations on a fantastic photo, Beth!
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thanks, mark and as you know, you never know when and where these shots will pop up
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Wow, that’s dramatic… gorgeous!
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it was very and it was all here and gone so quickly
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