Celebrating the Closing of a Chapter

Tomorrow will be my last day at a job I have held for over 5 years. That's the longest I have ever been at a job! No regrets, it's been time to go. I need to open myself up to more good things in my life and in order to do that I have to get rid of some things that no longer serve a purpose.

It is an ending but instead of being sad I choose to celebrate it. So as this day comes to an end along with a chapter of my life I share with you some of my favorite sunset photos I've taken over the years.

This photo and the one below were both taken in Eaton Canyon, Pasadena, CA in the winter of 2011.

A winter sunset on the farm. Enumclaw, WA 2008

Santa Barbara, CA winter 2010

An iconic SoCal evening.

Venice Beach, CA as the sun goes down. Fall 2010.

The sun will come up tomorrow and who knows what the day will bring? On to new adventures!

A Light in the Dark

I love lighthouses. To me they have always seemed such heroic structures, standing sentinel alone, sometimes in the most desolate places. They shine their light into the dark, beacons of hope in the storm.

Pt. Vicente Light, Palos Verdes, CA

I'd like to live in one someday.

Pt. Fermin Light, San Pedro, CA

"Pew told me about Salts years ago, when wreckers lured ships onto the rocks to steal the cargo. The weary seamen were desperate for any light, but if the light is a lie, everything is lost. The new lighthouses were built to prevent this confusion of light. Some of them lit great fires on their platforms, and burned out to sea like a dropped star. Others had only twenty-five candles, standing in the domed glass like a saint's shrine, but for the first time, the lighthouses were mapped. Safety and danger were charted. Unroll the paper, set the compass, and if your course is straight, the lights will be there. What flickers elsewhere is a trap or a lure.

The lighthouse is a known point in the darkness." - Jeanette Winterson, Lighthousekeeping   

Lions Light for Sight, Long Beach, CA

Keep your lights shining my friends, and be a known point. 



New Mexico Sunsets

Happy 2012!

After an almost year long hiatus, I'm back.

I spent my holiday break on my family's ranch in the enchanting state of New Mexico. Out there in the middle of nowhere you can see for miles, and a winter sunset looks like it was painted with fiery watercolors.

This next one is a favorite. The sliver of a young moon was rising over the mountains and a bright star was welcoming it to the heavens.

I wish you all a joyful and beautiful year. See you again soon!