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Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:51:13 +0000

We’re back on the island after a winter away, and it is wonderful! Yes, it’s still a bit chilly, especially when the sun’s behind a cloud and the wind is blowing from the northeast, and we’re out planting beach grass. Yes, there was frost on the ground one morning–but the frost is beautiful.

And… we have a morning visitor!

It’s so good to be here…

Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:55:48 +0000

This picture was taken only three minutes after the photograph in last week’s post. Sometimes the Block Island sunsets seem to last for hours, and yet they change every minute.

Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:52:21 +0000

This photo from October 7th captures the sun going down gloriously behind the sand dunes.

Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:48:27 +0000

I’ve been posting photos of Block Island for just about a year now, mostly sunsets, mostly taken from my home on the island, or nearby. Well. Nearby. That would pretty much encompass the entire island, wouldn’t it! But no, I mean *really* nearby. Nothing as far south as Old Harbor or as far west as New Harbor.

But in all this time, I have never posted a moonset. Today, I would like to correct this omission.

Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:02:56 +0000

This could be the start of a series involving just this one beautiful sunset on October 7, 2010. There’s nothing like a few clouds to add drama to the scene!

Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:03:02 +0000

As I prepare to leave early tomorrow morning to visit the island again (at last!) my mind goes back to all the years and days I’ve been collecting photographs of dazzling island sunsets, no two exactly the same. Thank you for allowing me to share them!

Today, here is a sunset from almost this time of year seven years ago–October 17, 2003. I am reminded of the traditional Jewish prayer thanking God for keeping us alive and sustaining us and bringing us back around to this time of year again. Yes, we are getting older and the aches and pains and even the difficulties are multiplying, but still–life is very good.

Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:39:57 +0000

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted a Block Island sunset. For a while there, I was consumed by posts about Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, and by travel. But I’m home now for a brief spell to catch up.

On the island, the last of the summer tenants have gone, and I hope the summer was all the more delightful for them because they shared our island home.

It’s September already, and autumn. I’m looking forward to returning to our home near Golden Grove in just over a week. So in anticipation, here is a September sunset from last year.

Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:44:24 +0000

This post concludes a four-part series comprising eight photographs of the sunset on July 1, 2010. The series shows the sunset as it progressed from 8:08pm until 8:32pm. These two photos are close-ups of the sky (so to speak!) taken at 8:29 and 8:32pm–enough elapsed time for the sun to go down and for those two people to get their vehicle safely off the bar.

Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:36:56 +0000

This week, we continue the time-sequenced presentation of the sunset on July 1, 2010. This sequence began at 8:08pm (the blog entry on July 15th) and will conclude next week at 8:32pm. Here are two views at 8:26 and 8:28pm.

Both of these were taken from my deck, but at different magnifications.

Views near Golden Grove

gingersea — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:29:38 +0000

Last week, this week, and and for the next two weeks, I am posting in chronological sequence a series of pictures all taken from my deck on Block Island on July 1, 2010 between 8:08pm and 8:32pm. Last week’s view near Golden Grove showed the sunset at 8:08 and 8:16pm. Now we see how the sunset progresses. Here are two views of different parts of the sky at 8:24 and 8:25pm.