Amen

December 31, 2020. 5:01 PM. San Francisco, CA.

happy new year, I thought you might enjoy my photos of the sunset at Ocean Beach.
- Annie Coe

Out with the Old-- going... going...

December 31, 2020. Sunset 5:01 PM. San Francisco, CA. Happy New Year! Bernie and Mardi brought some champagne, and our neighbors, clumping together in their bubbles-- brought their own glasses to virtually clink in the New Year and ring down the final sunset of 2020. Looking forward to 2021--
Hopefully it will be better for all of us.
Day 285 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 284 - Welcome Riley, the person

December 30, 2020. Sunset 5:00 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Meeting our new neighbor, Riley as he moves in a few doors down. Welcome!
(Have you noticed? — We’re out of the 4 o’clocks). How about where you are??
Day 284 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 283

December 29, 2020. Sunset 4:59 PM. San Francisco, CA.

There is actually a little glowing going on this evening.
Day 283 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Full Moon and Sunrise- December

December 29, 2020. Sunrise 7:24 AM. El Cerrito, CA.

dailybell2020 · 12.29.20 Full Moon Sunrise

“Bowing a bell with a rough cloth while singing a slow ascent as the sun rose on the last full moon day of this crazy year.”
- Rae Diamond

Berkeley Blessings

December 29, 2020. Sunrise 7:24 AM. Berkeley, CA.
Playing shakuhachi for the last full moon of 2020. Thanks to Tom Bickley for ringing the bells.
- Nancy Beckman

Sunrise from Tabarca Island

December 29, 2020. Sunrise 8:31 AM (7:37 crossed the horizon).
"Tabarca Island. Mediterranean Sea."

"Happy 2021 dear, Brenda!"
- Sonia Megías

Day 282

December 28, 2020. Sunset 4:58 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Nice to see the red truck has returned to join Norman and Matt.
Day 282 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Goodnight Sun, Hello Moon

December 28, 2020. Sunset 4:57 PM. Mare Island, CA.

"Sunset moonrise from Mare Island"
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 281

December 27, 2020. Sunset 4:58 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Business as usual — what a relief!
Day 281 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 280

December 26, 2020. Sunset 4:57 PM. San Francisco, CA.

It’s been raining — So green!
Happy Boxing Day
Day 280 Sheltering in place with each other.

Glorious to Grey-- Christmas sunrise to sunset

December 25, 2020. Sunrise 7:23 AM. San Francisco, CA.
Merry Christmas! (rain is forecast, but wow for now)

Sunset 4:56 PM. San Francisco, CA.

“Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.” – NT
Day 279 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 278 - Welcomed home

December 24, 2020. Sunset 4:56 PM. San Francisco, CA.

So excited! Hello to Matt and Henry, Bernie and Mardi a few minutes later. Thanks, Norman, for holding down the fort-
It’s so good to be back.
Day 278 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Minute by Minute...

December 24, 2020. Sunset 4:56 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Blow by blow from Lynne Piade this evening.
4:43 PM, 4:45, 4:46 PM, 4:47, 4:49, 4:50, 4:54, 4:56
I thought it was over but look!! 4:56 X2; 4:57 – 5:00.
Goodnight 5:02, 5:04

YAY!!!!

December 23, 2020. Sunset 4:55 PM. San Francisco, CA.
“Brenda’s triumphant return” – NT

Looks wonderfully like business as usual to me. Matt and Mardi are here for my first ringing of the big bell at home in 116 days!!!
I am so grateful and loved following the evening gatherings from afar and am glad to be back to hear that LOUD bell in person.
Day 277 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 277 - arrived!

December 23, 2020. Sunset 4:55 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Just arrived home after 6 days on the road. I’m so glad to be back in a place where masks are not an issue. Checking the sunset time.
Day 277 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 276- like father like son?

December 22, 2020. Sunset 4:55 PM. San Francisco, CA.

“Henry and Bernie tonight.” – NT
(Henry stands just like his father, Matt)
Day 276 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Almost Sunset from Vangie

December 22, 2020. Sunset 4:54 PM. Oakland CA.

“Almost sunset over the Golden Gate”
– Vangie King

Day 5-- California here I come!

December 22, 2020. Sunset 4:39 PM.

Exit for Twentynine Palms, CA.
The first sunset after the Winter Solstice- Taken from I- 10 heading on the final stretch home!

Day 275

December 21, 2020. Sunset 4:54 PM. San Francisco, CA.

“Mardi, Elisabeth, Richard and Matt.” - NT
Happy Solstice!! The darkness squeezed the final second of light from the day today—Turning the corner!
Day 275 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Happy Solstice!

December 21, 2020 PM. Sunset 5:10 PM. Deming, NM

Still making my way across the country. View across from the gas station just outside Deming on I-10- joined by my friend Mary on Facetime (those are the 200 lbs. of sand in the back of the truck- in case of snow). The sunset was so beautiful—that tiny square is not even a place holder— The same view a bit later, melting into the Solstice twilight.

Busy evening for the Winter Solstice. As if that wasn’t enough cosmic action- there was the "great conjunction" of Saturn and Jupiter” not seen since 1226! These photos taken from Oakland—Thanks Krys and Chien. What a beautiful night.

2020 December 21, Sunrise, Solstice, Sunset

Rain, rain. 

More rain. 

A Seattle Winter Solstice, 

a sunrise, 

a sunset and a great conjunction. 

The planets dance. 

A difficult year like we could never have imagined... 

is finally, ending, crashing. 

Light. 

Is.

~ Caterina De Re

Ring Out Solstice

December 21, 2020. Sunset 6:00 PM. Big Bend, West Texas. The last rays of solstice sun from a sky island in the Big Bend Region of far west Texas.
- Alyce Santoro

Ring Out, Solstice Bells by Jethro Tull:

Now is the solstice of the year
Winter is the glad song that you hear
Seven maids move in seven time
Have the lads up ready in a line
Ring out these bells
Ring out, ring solstice bells
Ring solstice bells
Join together 'neath the mistletoe,
By the holy oak whereon it grows
Seven druids dance in seven time
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming
Ring out these bells
Ring out, ring solstice bells
Ring solstice bells
Ring out, ring out the solstice bells
Ring out, ring out the solstice bells
Praise be to the distant sister sun,
Joyful as the silver planets run
Seven maids move in seven time
Sing the song the bells call, loudly chiming
Ring out these bells
Ring out, ring solstice bells
Ring solstice bells
Ring on, ring out
Ring on, ring out
Ring on, ring out
Ring on, ring out

Day 274

December 20, 2020. Sunset 4:54 PM. San Francisco, CA.

There are 9 hours 32 minutes and 52 seconds of daylight today.
“Mardi wanted to see the boat carrier and took this picture”. - NT
Hello to Matt and our neighbor Emily and her dog Riley who also dropped by.
Day 274 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 3 - on the road

December 20, 2020. Sunset 5:07 PM. Alma, Arkansas.

Facetime -- Sharing my sunset at a gas station outside of Fort Smith with Norman who still had a few hours to go for the sunset there in San Francisco. Clear skies all around for a change!

Day 273

December 19, 2020. Sunset 4:53 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Sunset 4:53 PM. "Elizabeth, Richard, and a sweet little face in the window who must have lost his bell."- NT
Day 273 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 2 driving west

December 19, 2020. Sunset 4:32 PM. Hartsville, TN.

Day 2 driving west—Sunset on 1-40 outside of Nashville. When I looked up Hartsville, I selected - Is Hartsville TN a good place to live? the Answer— “Based on FBI crime data, Hartsville is not one of the safest communities in America relative to Tennessee, Hartsville has a crime rate that is higher than 52% of the state’s cities and towns of all sizes.”
Who decided that the FBI crime data determined the criteria for a “good place to live”? Google??

December 18, 2020. Sunset 4:53 PM. San Francisco, CA.

“Henry, Matt and Gus” - NT.
Plus, we’ve gained another minute of sunlight at the end of the day. Henry was one of the first sunset bell ringing fans when we first started in 2008. I think he was 3 yrs. old at the time.
Day 272 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Heading back- Day 1- Roanoke or bust

December 18, 2020. Sunset 4:40 PM. Kutztown, PA.

1st day on the road driving from Brooklyn to San Francisco. It’s snowy and cold but the roads are clear. Sundown in Kutztown! Heading west on I78. First stop – Roanoke, VA. I just finished blasting the first hotel room I’ve stayed in since Covid with Ultraviolet light and ozone. It’s not so stinky after airing it out for 30 minutes and the room is very fresh and cold.

On the road again

Heading back to the West Coast. This time - not so leisurely. I would like to make it by Christmas. This time I'll be driving the Southern route because there's snow everywhere up North and I'm in a wiggly little truck that slips and slides when the road is even a little bit wet.
Norman is my travel agent and will be booking hotels along the way for me. I am hoping for ground floor rooms with windows that open as I do not want to ride in an elevator and have too much stuff to carry up the stairs. I'm bringing an ultra-violet air sterilizer, my own pillow, and a hefty dose of anxiety.

I'll be posting along the way and as stressful as this trip has been- I still love a road trip. Can you believe it?

Day 271 - Final night of Hanukkah

December 17, 2020. Sunset 4:52 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Sunset 4:52 PM. "Matt in a parka."- NT.
Celebrating the last night of Hanukkah. MORE LIGHT.
Day 271 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 270

December 16, 2020. Sunset 4:52 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Sunset 4:52 PM. "Our loyal Matt."- NT.
Day 270 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

Day 269

December 15, 2020. Sunset 4:51 PM. San Francisco, CA.

"Bernie and Matt." - NT
Day 269 Sheltering in place with friends and neighbors.

A sunset tow. Final goodbye

December 15, 2020. Sunset 4:37 PM. Lawrenceville, NJ.

My father loved to drive, and he was very fond of this old car. Here it goes on the way to the crusher. A very sad ending for this beloved holder of so many shared memories and journeys.