July 07, 2007: @ 7 pm on 07.07.07

This is how my sky look like at 7 pm on 07.07.07!

And this is at 7.07 pm on 07.07.07

Care to share your sky?

Love - Larra

June 24, 2007: The Last Three Minutes

This was captured between 7.13 pm to 7.16 pm this evening.

Enjoy the last memorable 3 minutes!

May 29, 2007: View from my window ...........

Sunset .....

Darkness ......

Good night everyone ......

Love - Larra

May 24, 2007: One of the Happiest Moment

As I was watering the flowers on my balcony,

the sun dropped and lay like a great golden globe in the low west.

It faded like the spreading of a peacock’s tail.

How I wish I could be a little girl again.

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I first took this photo before being warned of battery running low.

I have to stop and re-charged the battery.

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After about 10 minutes I was ready for another shoot

(I also disabled the date setting).

While positioning the camera all of a sudden I saw a bird flying across!

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And more birds joining ..... Ohhhh, my day is perfect!

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I was trying hard to capture the birds and not to lose the sunset setting.

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Is there anything more beautiful than a bird flying accross

infront of a beautiful sunset?

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The bird is carrying a beautiful rose in his beak .....

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A beautiful painting in his feet .....

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The birds are all gone now .... maybe they have found their way home.

I am alone, watching the changing colors of the sky ....

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I venerate old age; and I love not the man

who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life,

when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye,

and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.

(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

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NOTE: More and bigger pictures of sunset on my Flickr.

April 29, 2007: The Sunset

Hi everyone,

I always love sunset. It brings back memories. Memories of growing up in the village. There's not so many entertainment back then in the village - only radio and later on television. But my family only owned television set much later after almost all the villagers owned one. So, being 'young and energetic' - our only entertainments were catching fishes at the river, playing 'tarzan' and 'jane' on our favourite liana at the nearby hill, climbing rambutan or other fruits trees during fruits season. Tired of all that, we sometimes played local/traditional games - congkak, guli, layang-layang/wau (kites), teng-teng, rounders (the malay version) and many more ........

What doest it has anything to do with sunset? My late mother was a very strict person - I understand now that it wasn't easy for her to raised 5 of us (out of 10 siblings) who were still small when my father passed away. One of her rules: we must be backed at home before sunset! (it wasn't easy for her to look for us, because one never knows where we will be playing at any time). So, we will always be on the alert to ensure that we're home on time BEFORE sunset. Otherwise we will be grounded for the next few days ..... hehehe.

Here are few pictures of sunset that I spent with Howard during our stay in Tioman.

When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator” (Mahatma Gandhi)

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain

or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. (Rabindranath Tagore)

For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm

in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise-whatever appeals to you. (Krzysztof Kieslowski)

Happiness is a Swedish sunset; it is there for all,

but most of us look the other way and lose it. (Mark Twain)

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man

or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God. (G.K. Chesterton)

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May you have a wonderful Sunday!

Love - Larra