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From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Florida went on Daylight Savings time with the rest of the Eastern  Standard Time on March 11.  It's a Florida coastal dweller's rite of springtime to get those extra few hours of daylight after the early evening dark nights of winter (I know - Florida right - what winter?) Now smack dab in the middle of summer, the  sunset is at 8:45pm these days.  Leaving Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, & the supper dishes in the sink is not that hard of a decision for me. My beach buddies Wade-ster & Gee-man feel the same way. These fellas can spend hours inspecting the ocean floor for sea critters. Both boys love to fish, cast net, & snorkel but tonight the long-handled nets are the apparatus du jour. Gee-man always gathers a crowd with his 5-gallon bucket containing his finds of the evening.  It's raining somewhere out there but not on us. Cotton candy clouds. Even the clouds behind us are lit up from the glow of the setting sun.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God. - G.K.Chesterson

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It's the dimming of the day. Work is done. Dinner has been consumed. This is the alternative to Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy on Manasota Key. The cameras come out.  No good  Florida vacation photo album is complete without a token sunset picture. Sunset watchers assume the position. The cares of the day fade away with the sun slowly sinking to the west. There are always those who can multi-task.   A big shell pile is hard to resist even in the glowing light of the fading sun. Sunsets are meant to be shared. If you missed the sunset today - good news!  There is another one scheduled for tomorrow evening .

“These things I warmly wish for you Someone to love, some work to do, A bit o' sun, a bit o' cheer, And a guardian angel always near”

I'm working on a little project that I will be sharing with you soon. I left work at 5:30 this afternoon & skeedaddled out to the beach to work on a surprise for my mom.  I'm almost done.  As I sat watching the sun go down there were several people taking the usual sunset pics.  They always stop the picture taking just after the sun dunks the horizon.   If they would just wait another minute or two the best of the sunset arrives - the back splash.  Please enjoy and try not to get sand everywhere.