The evening light, when the skies are clear, shines a rich, amber gold light across the fields in the moments before the sun sinks below the western horizon.  It’s not so flashy a view as the sunset itself, but it’s everywhere.  I need only turn my back on the main show and look around me. 
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Yesterday’s sunset view from the front of the house, near my bedroom window. I’m stuck in a sunset rut.

Pretty colors, huh? I climbed to the top platform of the big deer stand in the back pasture last weekend for a better view of the fall foliage at sunset. I think the view was worth the effort.

I took this photo from a roadside overlook at the junction of the Sauk and Osage rivers near Osceola. I’ve passed the spot dozens of times. Usually I’ve forgotten to bring a camera, or I miss the turn among the curves and trees. Monday evening I was prepared and lucky. It wasn’t the most magnificent
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Tonight’s sunset provided the perfect close to a great day. Warm breezes, sunny skies, temperatures in the mid-60s, a perfect day for planting. We got the last two bundles of seedlings from the conservation department nursery into the ground — 25 each of Austrian Pine and Norway Spruce. The first of the yellow potato varieties
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