A recap of the last year's sunsets, viewed from the house or while out on the golf course.

We are blessed with a westward view out of the Great Room through the large windows.  On some evenings the weather conditions contribute to incredibly colorful sunsets.  When we purchased the house we did not know how valuable this unique location set up was -- absolutely priceless!!  An unobstructed view across the golf course with no other houses or buildings visible!!  There's no place like home, and definitely no place like this home.

All photos are shot with either an iPhone 12 mini, or more recently an iPhone 13 mini.  No adjustments have been made -- no Photoshop or light room color changes -- except using Preview to down sample to reduce the size.  The colors are what the phone captured.

Sunsets last about 10 minutes.  We've gotten better at identifying ones that will be very outstanding, but one never knows how they will progress.  Each one is unique, and sometimes what teases in the sky simply fizzles.  Enjoy the highlights!




This photo was taken this morning (10/28/23).  The sun does not set in the morning, at least in these parts.  Today is the setting of the full moon.  We had an early season snowstorm on Tuesday, and on a clear night with a full moon the reflection on the snow can look like daylight. That's what greeted me this morning.  That and the unseasonable 5 degree weather.




11/06/22.  We had an early snow last November and I was able to ski around the golf course at sunset.  It was even before the golf course ponds had a chance to freeze over.




Alpenglow on the aptly named Strawberry Mountain




11/09/22:  A "pink eye" sunset.  You would swear the snow was pink.




11/24/22.  Time for happy hour in the Great Room.




12/09/22:  Another sunset ski around the golf course, taken at 4:14pm.  The days are very short.




12/15/22:  4:35pm  It had just snowed, leaving the trees white to contrast with the orange sky.




01/21/23:  At 4:50pm, back at the house after a ski.




02/09/23:  5:59pm and the skies are on fire




03/08/23: 6:18am  Another daylight moon set




03/09/23: 4:19am  It was so bright outside that it woke me up early!




05/02/23 9:05pm  So many photos taken that evening.  I walked across the fairway to get the pond reflection.  There are only 10 minutes of sunset, and the colors change by the second.  So many choices of what to focus on, and so little time.  Bonus points for those who can identify why this must be an early May photo!




09/06/23:  8:09pm  It was fire season, and while smoke from somewhere adds color to the sunset rest assured the mountains are not burning.




09/17/23: Another evening that was very hard to select only one photo to show, so I chose two.  So much color that evolved, and in so many directions.







10/05/23 I thought the evening's sunset was just "adequate", and then suddenly in the closing moments it turned purple!