Another slice of Heaven

Dec 9, 2016. Sunset 5:56 PM.
Kauai, Hawaii

I'm really enjoying it here. The sunset was near Poipu beach on the 9th of December. 

posted by Paul Buford

Not quite there but oooooooooooo

Dec 9, 2016. Look at this...
This afternoon in the Mediterranean Sea from Siracusa (Sicilia), at 15:00.
Enjoy and share!
Hugs from great Italy!
Sonia

posted by composer Sonia Megias

Heaven? Are we there yet?

Dec 4, 2016.
16:50 PM Sun down at the Mediterranean Sea, today at 16:50 from Agrigento (Sicily, Italy). Made by myself!
Hug! Sonia


posted by composer Sonia Megias

Here Comes Santa Claus

December 1, 2016. Sunset 4:51 PM
San Mateo, CA

Leaving Fred. Walking down the hallway with the little Santa Light on the floor and the rush hour traffic at the end of the hall outside the door, there was just something about it. The light. The stillness. A sense of suspension.

Goodnight Pauline

November 25, 2016. Sunset 4:53 PM
San Francisco, Ca

Pauline Oliveros passed away yesterday on Thanksgiving Day. A quiet sunset, little slice of the evening- Goodnight Pauline.

cielo azul de color rosa

November 25, 2016
Here you have today's sunrise from Charo Beneyto, in Rivas (Madrid, Spain) at 8:41am.
Isn't it amaaazing? I put her in copy.
Hug,
Sonia

posted by composer Sonia Megias

November Challenge

flash of light spreading over the world

November 9, 2016. Sunrise 6:44 AM
San Francisco, Ca

day after the election-

The sun DID rise today. But not as usual. I happened to catch the exact moment that the sun crossed the horizon and you can see the flash of light when that happens. It’s worth a look.
best wishes and much love
Brenda

clouds on the horizon

November 7, 2016. Sunrise 7:30 AM
Barcelona, Spain


This is not a strict sunrise, there was a huge cloud coming in over the sea, and the sun had to travel higher before it broke through, about 8 AM on November 7.  Let's hope for lots of light today! 
Barbara in Barcelona

Early days are here again (for a moment)

November 6, 2016. Sunrise 6:40 AM
San Francisco, Ca


This is the first sunrise after the return to standard time for those of us who stepped away. May this jump to earlier light in the morning brighten the days to come in every way. Best wishes to everyone on the eve of election day.

Fare thee well DST

November 5, 2016. Sunset 17:53
Jenkintown, PA.


posted by Joe Pokrifka

far far north

October 28, 2016. Sunset 4:29 PM
Bollstabruk, Sweden

Thanks for lovely brighter mornings! Amazing! Gives hope!

Here is a photo of the sun recently, friday the 28th october from the northern swedish region I am living in, from a small village called Bollstabruk.
It is a sunset, already around 4pm (before the wintertime change the former weekend).


Sunsets is happening at same time as sunrises, and I feel so connected with all of you from  all different places, through the sun! Let the sun shine on us, in new brighter mornings and brighter days!

We are listening and watching the sun together! 

HUGS AND LIGHT! Björn Eriksson

dainty sunrise

October 21, 2016. Sunrise 7:24 AM
San Francisco, Ca

Not spectacular, but I thought it was a pretty, dainty even, sunrise. Silver Spring, MD 10/21/16. Linda Allen

October Challenge

One week later- 10 minutes sooner

October 8, 2016. Sunset 6:43 PM
San Francisco, Ca


Driving home from work, I saw this out the side window--just in time! Listen!

Sunset after the storm

October 7, 2016. Sunset 7:15 PM
Homosassa River, FL



posted by Joanne Lynch

Continuum

October 1, 2016. Sunset 6:53 PM
Mare Island, Vallejo, Ca


Such  stillness-- from Tom Bickley at the Continuum performance - part of this year's Thingamajigs festival--

SoniadMegías - Equinox in Madris

Sonia Megías, composer‎ to Dailybell Sunwatch


Hi there! Here you have the Dailybell in Madrid for the September Equilux!
Greetings from Spain!

twin light day and night

The Equilux in San Francisco on September 26, 2016. Latitude: ‎37.773972. Sunrise and Sunset 7:01.


Special bell today thanks to my friend Sherri Wood. She found it at the dump during her recent residence at Recology. Congratulations Sherri--- Beautiful work there!

Happy Equinox Hear ye hear ye!

September 22, 2016. Sunset 7:07 PM.
San Francisco
Listen to the Equinox sunset
Now looking forward to the Equilux- the day of equal light and darkness everywhere else on the globe besides the Equator-- For San Francisco that happens on the 26th - sunrise and sunset at 7:01.

Equinox Celebration in Madrid- Sonia Megías

September 25th, in Madrid we'll gather to bell the sundawn!
CoroDelantal will guide it.

Here you have our invitation:

Cheers from Spain!
Sonia

www.soniamegias.es

Blessing by the Bay

September 17, 2016. Sunset 7:15 PM.
San Francisco Bay

Thank you Thea!
so good! very calm - we are soooo lucky.

Moonrise

September 15, 2016. Sunset 7:18 PM.
San Francisco Bay

Moonrise over the Bay Bridge--(and many thanks to my shy bell ringing friend)

what do you hear when the sun is coming up or going down?

another advantage of having a dog

September 11, 2016. Sunrise 8:24 AM.
Rivas, Spain.


This is the sunrise in Rivas (Madrid), this morning at 8:24, made by my friend Charo Beneyto while she walks her doggie. Greetings from warm Spain!
Hug,
Sonia
shared by Sonia Megias

Friends of friends

August 25, 2016. Sunset 7:01 PM.
Ventura, CA.


Not quite set, but...
From Joe's daughter Ella


August 23, 2016. Sunset time???
Not a bad view from the deck. Corolla, NC.


from Larry Blake (Joe’s friend)

no photo shop

September 10, 2016. Sunset 7:18 ish PM.
Benburb, PA.
No photo shop honestly...
From Joe Pokrifka

day after Hurricane Hermine

September 3, 2016. Sunset 7:48 PM.
with George Filges at 24th Ave Indian Rocks Beach, FL (the day after the hurricane) The Gulf is usually very calm.

from Joe Pokrifka

catch a falling star

end of summer

August 15, 2016. Sunrise 6:15 AM.
S. Bethany Beach, DE.



Contributed by Linda Allen

A peek at the Croatian horizon

August 12, 2016. Sunset 18:56.
Pelješac peninsula, Croatia.

Taken from ferry, Pelješac peninsula, the other day. What you see in the background is the whole of the world famous island of Hvar. Left is Pelješac itself, and the big mountain on the right is the mainlands.

sent by Zvonimir Bulaja

a few words about August so far

The following 2 offerings reveal some basic things about the dailybell project that either remind me of why I started doing it in the first place or to illustrate something simple but unexpected that I have come to appreciate.

The first was the significance of cycles and of our personal and communal connections to them—the small daily ones, anniversaries, big cycles of living and dying. My friend Ian reminded me that August 11th was his mother’s birthday. She would have been over 100 had she still been living and there aren’t that many people around these days who would remember her special day. So Happy Birthday Henny! We love you and still enjoy sitting in your old blue chair.

The circumstances of the sunrise by the Williamsburg Bridge at 5:53AM on 8/1 is a fairy common (and potentially frustrating) occurrence and has inspired this month’s Calendar Challenge. How often does anyone actually get to see the sun as it rises or sets? Especially from home. There are usually buildings, trees or something blocking the view of the horizon.

Best wishes as we gather momentum rolling into Autumn--

Happy Birthday Henny!

August 11, 2016. Sunset 8:08 PM .
West Portal, San Francisco, CA.

It just gets lighter really fast

August 1, 2016. Sunrise 5:53 AM.
Brooklyn, NY.

another aerial view from Joe

Sunset at John Hancock Center Chicago- July 27th 8:13 PM (sun and clouds uncooperative)


post from Joe Pokfika

Sunset (ish) at the world's tallest structure

Willis Tower Chicago - Sunset July 25th 8:15PM (photo taken at 8:34PM due to long line :) )

contributed by Joe Pokrifka

Sunset from the top of the world

Sunset 8:55 PM. July 20, 2016
Lake Manasarovar, Tibet

from Barbara Held:

I wanted to send you a special photo of sunset at Lake Manasarovar, a sacred pilgrimage spot in Tibet. This was just before we did a fire ceremony … an incredibly moving moment on this big adventure!
For more info about Lake Mansorovar

July Challenge

Many thanks to my niece, Hannah for this month's challenge- ODE TO THE SUN.

How many things can you do at once?
Follow the sun up or down as it crosses the horizon, make some noise and document it at the same time?
Share here, on Facebook and/or with friends when you are done!

The earliest sunrise so far!

Sunrise 2:52 AM!!!!!! July 3, 2016
Gulf of Finland-

 
Thanks Joe! Why were you up so early?!??!??

pin the tail on the donkey

Sunset 8:58. July 3, 2016
Buffalo, NY


It's always very fun and challenging to try and figure out where you are and what time it is on the earth below from the middle of nowhere in the sky. I look at the map on the seat back video and then lookup the sunset/rise time over the nearest city. This time it looked like Buffalo, NY at 8:58.

heading south in the far far north...

June 29, 2016 Sunset 10:34 PM
Paide vald, Gulf of Finland

More of the lovely late-in-the-day sunsets from Joe. From the Gulf of Finland. This one is earlier quite a bit earlier than the one from yesterday. They are heading south-- What a great way orient yourself on the planet. Safe travels!!!

From the Sea of Sweden

June 28, 2016 Sunset 11:08 PM 
Alands hav, Sweden 

From Joe who is traveling with his son’s choir. How does such a late setting sun affect people?

Happy Birthday Sunset!

June 26, 2016. Sunset 8:36 PM

Bun Ching Lam posted this on her birthday, and I would like to share it here. I assume this is in Poestenkill, NY and that it is one of the few remaining late sunsets. Thank you guys!!! Happy Birthday Ching

Sparkly Summer Solstice Celebration

June 21, 2016. Sunset 8:34 PM 
Oakland, CA. Chapel of the Chimes. 

Even though this year’s annual Garden of Memory event (thank you Sarah Cahill!) to celebrate the summer Solstice fell on the day after the Solstice (leap year disruption?), the bell ringing at sunset was a sparkly, glorious moment. Hundred’s of bells added to the already swirling soundscape that included the Cardew Choir in the final hour of their 4-hour performance of Pauline Oliveros’ Heart Chant.


Celestial FYI— While the sunrise has bottomed out at its earliest time (for this location), it will turn around and start squeezing the light from the day on Monday (6/27). Good news, however, is that the sun will continue to remain at it’s latest for another week- so we still have the sense of long days for a while longer.

Leaving on a jet plane

June 16, 2016 Sunrise 6:17 AM 
Barcelona 

Norman took this photo (he had the window seat)

Heading home with a rib-breaking cough in time to witness this sunrise a few miles east of Barcelona.

a peaceful morning offering

June 15, 2016 6:17 AM 
Barcelona, Spain




It's also my birthday!

Lady or the Tiger?

June 6, 2016 Sunrise 5:26 AM.
Adriatic Sea. Vasto Marina, Italy.

This peaceful early morning moment was sandwiched between two slices of mild excitement. In order to see the sun over the Adriatic Sea, I had to jump over a little wall outside the bedroom window and walk across the roof. Once I had finished watching the sunrise, I turned around to return to my room and discovered that all of the rooms looked alike.

So I made my best guess and climbed over what I thought was my little wall and then wondered why the door to the bedroom was closed. It wasn’t until I saw a pair of legs and some red boxer shorts approach the window from the other side that I realized that this was not my room- not my window- not my balcony and hopped over the wall as fast as I could.


My apologies to the man I disturbed this morning. Hopefully a day in paradise will heal all.

dinner bells in the land of bells

Sunset 8:47 PM. May 28, 2016
Florence, Italy


Santa Maria Novella Square in Florence at sunset- just before we sat down to dinner. Quiet sidewalk chatter to accompany the bells. :)

May Challenge

Welcome to the May Challenge! Get familiar with: www.sunrisesunset.com. Talk to someone from another time zone and invite them to participate.

As the World Turns

Sunset 8:23 PM. May 14, 2016
Kansas City, MO

You'd think traveling at 750 miles per hour would feel faster than this... Sunset at La Esquina Gallery in Kansas City, MO during a recent presentation and performance. At this latitude it takes a little more than 2 minutes from the time the bottom of the sun touches the horizon until it completely disappears.

driving around in my automobile

Sunset 8:03 PM. May 5, 2016
San Francisco, CA


Cinco de Mayo non-celebration as we drive around and around looking for parking while the sun sets.
Best wishes for a celebratory day!

The birds have it

April 15, 2016
Sunrise 6:51AM. Holt, Michigan. 

Good morning! Listen to those birds! After five inches of snow last weekend, I am finally beginning to believe spring is really here.

posted by Wendell

Little Wedding Bells

Sunset 7:41 PM. April 10, 2016
San Francisco, CA


Celebrating the 3rd sunset of a lifetime of sunsets together for our friends Paul and Toni-- just married!!! Blessings and congratulations!!!!

April Challenge

Happy Birthday Mom

Sunrise 6:57 AM. March 30, 2016

My mother passed away 20 years ago, and today would have been her 83 birthday.
I especially like this photograph
Happy Birthday Mom, and hello Nan - I miss you.

Longer Days Are Here Again! (almost)

March 17, 2016
Sunrise and sunset both at 7:18
San Francisco, CA

Slice the day in half

Happy Equilux and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

End of Winter??!

Sunset in Holt, Michigan on 3-16-16 at 7:46 pm on a very windy day.- WH

nothing spectacular, but still very wonderful

Sunset 6:04 PM. March 2, 2016. 
San Francisco, CA 

A slight slice of the sunset c/o my dear friend Ching who wanted to document this evening in commemoration of of her last visit in 2008 when we rang in the sunset by the Golden Gate Bridge.

March Challenge

Radical sunset for the last day of this month of February... We've had several deep red sunsets lately, and they're always kind of a thrill. This was taken in Oakland about fifteen minutes after the actual sunset time of 6:02.

posted by Juliayn Coleman

Happy Leap Day 2016!!!

Sunrise 6:43 AM. February 29, 2016 
San Francisco, CA. 

This is the 3rd Leap Day since beginning dailybell in 2008 (also a Leap Year).

Some fun “facts” about Leap Day:

This is the 4th Leap Year of a Leap Century. Leap centuries occur every 400 years.

And if that’s not enough info, try this.

FYI- Past leap days for the dailybell:
Leap Day 2012 Sunset
Leap Day 2008 Sunrise
Leap Day 2008 Sunset

Even the Water is Red

This is sunset yesterday (15 Feb 2016) viewed from the CSU East Bay University Library.

-Tom B

A Year of Sunrises

A Year of Sunrises (February 12th)
At first the overcast mornings disappointed -
only a soft creep of light -
what a letdown after the brilliant orange and pink of yesterday.
Now the invisible dawn of a foggy morning
is its own kind of miracle.

from Yogi Erin in Montana

February Challenge

Lucky Red and the Fire Monkey!

February 8, 2016.
Sunset 5:20 PM. 


Lucky red colors everywhere this sunset - just in time to celebrate the New Year of the Fire Monkey!

Early Dog Days

February 3, 2016 
Sunrise 8:02 AM. Barcelona 

(From Barbara Held)

Here's a sunrise for you - the first one ever for me! And then I can't find where I wrote down the thing for putting it on the blog...anyway its my street, early dog walk.

waiting for the groundhog

February 1, 2016.
Sunrise 7:07 AM.

Morning trains running over the Williamsburg Bridge after a quiet weekend off for repairs. Many thanks to Linda Montano for the grand bell and for the January Challenge. The monthly challenge for February is brewing…

One of the big ones!

January 23, 2016
Sunset 5:01 PM- Brooklyn.

Big snow! woooooooooo


FYI: check out these other big blizzards of note

my first dailybell

Sunrise 7:45AM. Waldport, OR

Thanks Wendell-- beautiful place and lovely bell

The First Snowfall this Winter

January 17, 2016. Sunset 4:54PM. 
Brooklyn, NY 

Better late than never-- The first snowfall of the winter in Brooklyn. Looking (through a very dirty window) at rush hour traffic on the Williamsburg Bridge, my friend Ana and I accompany the sunset.

And the days grow longer still…

The Calendar Challenge

Each New Year's Eve, I've recommitted to the daily observation of the sunrise and sunset. The original premise- that it is possible to affirm our connection to one another and to the natural world through participation in a shared, elemental experience hasn't changed.

As each new year dawns, I like to come up with a different way to invite others to join the project. 2016 is a leap year, as was 2008 when the project began. It seems mildly auspicious and a good excuse to propose something major.

SO—Entering this 9th!!!! Year--Would you consider joining me with a daily practice of sunrise and/or sunset watching of your own?

Each month we will offer up a new challenge for observing the sunrise and or sunset.


At the end of the year, we will have a calendar of sorts, made up of whatever media, questions and musings have occurred along the way.

Opening up at Both Ends!

January 10, 2016
Brooklyn, NY

The sunrise has finally begun moving earlier after 10 days of sitting at 7:20AM here in Brooklyn.

Sunrise 7:19 AM. Broadway- Brooklyn, NY

Listen to the rain this morning.

Sunset 4:46 PM. Looking towards the East River. Broadway- Brooklyn

AND... the first sunset of the year

Sunset 4:38 PM. January 1, 2016. 

from Brooklyn.


Good evening!

first sunrise of the year- from Brooklyn

Sunrise 7:19 AM. January 1, 2016
Brooklyn, NY

Good morning!


Happy New Year!!

The January Challenge

Many thanks to my inspiring friend and artist Linda Montano for this month's challenge.

This is it:

January Calendar Challenge:

DAILY BELL FOR YOU 

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RINGING A DAILY BELL 

HOW? FIND A SMALL MEDIUM OR LARGE BELL 

WHAT ? GREET THE SUNRISE OR SUNSET IN YOUR PART OF THE WORLD 

THEN? LET ME KNOW HOW LONG YOU WANT TO DO IT OR JUST DO IT. 

THANKS

Happy 2016- the 9th year begins!

Ringing in the New Year! (from summer solstice sunset bell ringing at Chapel of the Chimes)


The dailybell project/practice has been quietly amazing- despite the bells.

Each New Year's Eve, I have decided to recommit to the daily observation of the sunrise and sunset, and this year is no different. The original premise- that it is possible to affirm our connection to one another and to the natural through participation in a shared, elemental experience hasn't changed.

However, as each new year dawns, I like to come up with a different way to share the project. 2016 is a leap year, as was 2008 when the project began. It seems mildly auspicious and a good excuse to propose something major.

SO--Would you consider a daily practice of sunrise and/or sunset watching yourself? 

There are only 2 things you need-
   1. Keep this link handy
   2. Remember to stop for a minute or so when the time comes.

There are many ways to go about it. Quietly as a personal practice. Invite friends (and strangers) to join you. In public or privately.

Eight years may sound like a long time, but as far as the dailybell goes, it's been oddly timeless.

Finally, for anyone who is interested in participating but doesn't want to commit to a daily practice, I am setting up a monthly calendar on this blog and on the dailybell sunwatch FB page. Each month, I will issue a different challenge/invitation for observing the sunrise/sunset that you might enjoy performing.

Happy New Year! Brenda

PS- Here's a photo from the first sunrise at the beginning of the project on Jan 1, 2008

Greetings from Fairyland

December 18, 2015.
Sunset 4:52 PM. Oakland, CA


We’ve passed the dip into the earliest sunset and are on our way up! However the sunrise is still outpacing the sunset, also moving later each day- so the daylight continues to shrink. But only for a few more days. We can almost hold our breath now.

In the meantime: here's a chance to celebrate the sunset at Fairyland in Oakland with the Pacific Boychoir.

Happy Holidays!

The light IS coming!

November 29, 2015.
Sunset 4:52 PM. San Francisco, CA

Almost at the low point. We are approaching the lower end of the curve for the earliest sunset of the year.

At this latitude,  the sunset has lingered at the same time for several days in a row. And at 4:52PM, it’s one minute away from the earliest sunset, which will occur on December 1st.

The sun will then continue to set at 4:51 until mid December, when it will tip forward and continue to creep later into the evening.  However, the days continue to grow even shorter until the Solstice because  the sun continues to rise later and later each day.

The light is coming!

Where have all the goblins gone?

October 31, 2015
Sunset 6:13PM. Oakland, CA


Halloween madness with some amazing birds and a couple of princesses- one ballerina and one with a bucket.

First sunset

October 29, 2015 
Sunset 6:15PM. Alameda, CA 

 
Farewell my dear friend. I'd hoped to find or be somewhere nice at sunset this evening, but I was in my car in an unfamiliar neighborhood- So this is it- an ordinary street on the first sunset with no Sally in the world.

Blood Moon Total Eclipse- (you just can't see it yet)

September 27, 2015. 
Sunset 7:01 PM. San Francisco 

Today was the day- Sunrise and sunset were both at 7:01-
slicing the day in half.
I lured Norman and my nephew Paul from Montana up onto the roof with the expectation that we would all see the partially eclipsed blood moon rising opposite the sunset this evening. Too bad there were all those buildings and trees in the way. The plan was to watch the sun set into the ocean (fog along the horizon obscured that) and then to turn around and see what would have been a 3/4 eclipsed moon rising behind us.

Well, you can imagine it, and it was really nice up on the
roof anyway.

The last few minutes of light

September 23, 2015. San Francisco
Sunrise 6:58 AM Sunset 7:07 PM

Fall Equinox (equal day and night at the equator). At this latitude, however, we still have a few extra minutes of light.  Our day of equal light and darkness- the Equilux- arrives on the 26th or 27th depending on the source. Stay tuned.

Celebrating Sunset #25,568

Sunset 8:04 PM. August 15, 2015
San Francisco


How many times has the sun set during your lifetime so far?
Norman was born on August 14, 1945,the day Japan surrendered to the Allies. We celebrated his birthday this evening while he was out enjoying one of his favorite things: driving around in his car. 
Happy 70th Birthday and Happy 25,568th Sunset!

Old friends- vicarious sunset

Sunset 6:00 PM. July 2, 2015
Quepos (near Manuel Antonio), Costa Rica

From Joe: Here’s where I was standing-

Joe was one of my brother's best friends, and they spent many a wild day together in their youth before setting down to family life. We have stayed in touch since my brother passed away several years ago, and here is a sunset Joe sent from a recent family trip to Costa Rica.