Sunsets have been high on my list of favourites since childhood. From just before I turned six until I was 20, we lived in a terraced house in Ludwigsburg. My room was facing West, with a view of nearby Asperg, the mound you have seen on many of my posts, for instance on this one.
For some of those 14 years, my bed was placed underneath the window. And many an evening, I would kneel on my bed, elbows on the windowsill, and watch the sun setting over the Asperg. The fascination for that particular time of day has never left me, and so I ask you to bear with me while I shall fill this post with more pictures of sunsets (and a few others), taken between the 15th and the 20th of this month, more than half of them by O.K.
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| Friday, 15.05.2020; O.K. had just arrived at my place in time for a quick walk to catch the sunset. |
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| Sunday, 17.05.2020; a walk to Asperg and the view from there across the town towards Ludwigsburg. |
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| Still Sunday the 17th, the sun setting over Asperg. |
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| Similar view to the one I used to have from my bedroom window as a kid. |
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| Wednesday, the 20th of May - background picture randomly chosen for me by the operating system on my work computer. It must know me well! |
The rest of the pictures here were taken by O.K. on the 20th of May during his evening walk just outside the village. I know this circuit so well by now, but never tire of it and the beautiful views it offers.
There, that's enough sunsets for one day, I guess :-)
My next post will show you many historical buildings and more, from a walk I undertook with my sister on Thursday, the 21st of May, which was a Bank Holiday in Germany (Ascension).
And now it is 8:00, and time to start work.
No view is ever exactly the same twice. No sunset is just like another. My husband used to love to walk down to our dock every evening in the summer and watch the sunset over Lake Chautauqua. Beautiful memories.
ReplyDeleteI had to smile at the foxy background picture!
The sunset over the lake must have been very beautiful, too; no wonder your husband loved to watch it.
DeleteThe foxy picture made me smile, too, when I opened my work computer that morning!
Love sunsets that leave a golden glow over a landscape. Softens the hard edges of the landscape and the day. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! I love the evening light, and this time of year is perfect for such walks.
DeleteBeautiful sunsets... and the foxes made me smile! :)
ReplyDeleteThe foxes made the start of my work day so much nicer! The random picture changes frequently, and the foxes have not yet appeared again.
DeleteSuch beautiful views and beautiful sunsets but the picture I love the most is the third from the end with the sun setting through the forest!
ReplyDeleteI love walking that particular bit on the way home, too. The atmosphere in the woods is special this time of day, and O.K. captured it very well.
DeleteBeautiful pictures of the sunset. I like walking through woods. Thank you for sharing your walks.
ReplyDeleteThank YOU for letting me share my walks! It's nice to see you here, Rachel; thanks for popping over and commenting!
DeleteLovely photos and your childhood memories sound comforting and beautiful. I couldn't see sunsets from my childhood bedroom window, but did have a small view between the houses behind us of Dartmoor - that ancient Devon landscape of rolling purple heather and golden gorse, high rock tors (which we often climbed on days out), and wild ponies. I think, especially in times such as this, having great memories of better times are good for us. I'm now going through boxes of old family photos from back then - this is a job which truly works on the memory and brings both smiles and tears!
ReplyDeleteI am the same when it comes to old photos, Mary!
DeleteAs for memories of better times - I honestly can not complain about the current times. I still have my job and my regular income, my family and I are well, I can do my shopping and see my partner, and can go for nice walks whenever I feel like it
I love these photos!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice story of your childhood with you watching sunsets!
Thank you, Kay! I still feel very much like that girl sometimes :-)
DeleteThere's never enough sunsets (both as photos and in real life!). I've just enjoyed browsing through these photos with a pre-dinner glass of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc - the perfect accompaniment to a sunset.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds nice! We love to have an Apérol Spritz or G&T for sunsets.
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