Sunrises and Sunset

There are plenty of reasons I like living in town.  Convenience to lots of things that are only several blocks away, having neighbors that I care about (and who care about me), being close to city services I might need.  The library is 12 blocks away, the Ace Hardware I love is about 6 blocks away, the coffee shop I visit with extreme regularity is 10 blocks away.

But one thing I don’t get here, living in the middle of town, are good views of the sunrises and sunsets.  And I have never seen such spectacular ones as I do here.  There is a saying here, “If God didn’t love the Broncos, then why did He make the sunsets orange?”  Our sunrises and sunsets are just amazing – blazes of color streaking across the sky, and the rising or setting sun highlighting the incredible texture of the clouds.

Fortunately, I’m a morning person and work early hours at my job, so I usually get to see sunrises as I’m commuting.  But sunsets are much more difficult, unless I happen to be in the right place at the right time.  And by “right place,” I mean not in the middle of town.

I’d love to live on the edge of town, with unobstructed views of the Front Range, and the eastern plains.  Since I don’t sleep much – I am always up before sunrise – I would spend a half-hour every morning watching the sunrise.  In the evening, I’d spend a half-hour watching the sunset.  I have taken so many pictures, none of which do any of the sunrises and sunsets justice.  And yes, I could drive away from town each day to look at the sunrises and sunsets, but wouldn’t it be more ideal if I could sit in my kitchen or my office and see them instead?  Or walk outside and see them from my yard?

Maybe someday, I’ll have that house on the edge of or just outside of town.  Close enough to still be convenient to all those city services, but far enough away from the city obstructions so that I can see those amazing golden hours.

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