7/14/12

Twilight is my favorite time of day. I love how the light changes as it angles toward the horizon, takes on an otherworldly golden glow, makes colors appear richer, draws out the contrasts. Tonight as I was driving west, chasing the sunset, it was raining. The clouds stacked up in the western sky and the heavy moisture in the air created this violet haze, the colors of the sunset reflected off the wet pavement, the intense green of the rolling hills made all the more vibrant in the fading light. It was like literally driving into the sunset, surrounded by it. There's something serene and bittersweet about that fleeting time between the end of day and the beginning of night. It makes me happy.