Day 449 the dove stayed

June 3, 2021. Sunset 8:27 PM. San Francisco, CA.

The dove stayed after the sun set- hanging out in that last bit of light.
+0:56 Less than a minute more daylight today and counting down until the Solstice when the day will be less than one second longer than the night.
Day 449 sunsets at home

Day 448 Happy Birthday, Bill

June 2, 2021. Sunset 8:26 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Today would have been my brother's 59th birthday-- Hard to imagine him as anything other than a middle-aged man with young children- who are now accomplished young women. We all miss you, Bill.
+0:59 (less than a minute of more light today and counting down...)

+0:59 (less than a minute of more light today and counting down...)
Day 448 sunsets at home

June 1- here and there

June 1, 2021. Sunset 8:26 PM.
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.

“Mare Island moment”
- Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott


San Francisco, CA.

Same moment a few miles away in that distant fog bank.
+1:02 more daylight today...
Day 446 sunsets at home

Memorial day sunsets around the Bay-

May 31, 2021
Sunset 8:25 PM. San Francisco, CA.

Day 446 sunsets at home - (shoes at home, too)

Sunset 8:26 PM. Vallejo, CA.

"4 minutes after sunset on the Napa River walk in downtown Vallejo"
– Elisabeth Beaird and Richard Marriott

Day 445 Meanwhile on the other side of the Bay…

May 30, 2021. Sunset 8:24 PM. San Francisco, CA.

+1:07 of daylight split on either side of the day so that the sun rose and set at the same clocktime today as yesterday.
Approaching the Solstice with caution...
Day 445 sunsets at home

riding off into the sunset

May 30, 2021. Sunset 8:24 PM. Bay Bridge, San Francisco Bay, CA.

"We were driving home and almost on the bridge at 8:24. I have photo from 8:22 to after 8:30. So pretty"
- Lynne Piade