It’s as if a rolling wave has come in from the ocean, traveled over the sand and grass and stopped just short of Henley Square. Somewhere in it’s travels this wave transitioned from water to wood, solidifying like a standing wave on a base guitar string. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Water to Wood’, 1s f/5.6 ISO800 […]
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As the yet another gorgeous Henley Beach evening begins with a beautiful setting sun, up and down the beach I see people with phones in hand and cameras on tripods. It’s good to see people enjoying moments like these. As soon as that sun dipped below the horizon most put their phones away and turned […]
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I love living with a Western horizon hemmed by sea. There is something very special about the sun setting over the ocean. There is a completeness to the day. To watch as the sun moves on to be replaced by the twilight and then the starlight is to have the day’s wrinkles smoothed over by […]
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Nightfall An expression I have not heard in years, ‘nightfall’ came to mind this evening and got me wondering, just when does ‘night fall’? It is easy to describe moments along the way. The moment the sun dips below the horizon. The emergence of the very first stars. The moment a feature on the horizon […]
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Looking down at the reflections in Henley Square’s subtle water feature I have often wondered what a gorgeous sunset would look like seen in this civic mirror. A half hinted promise of yet another gorgeous Henley Beach sunset faded to a few pastel hues as the sun retreated and twilight took hold. It’s not the […]
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