The last two weeks of March bring many cultural and natural happenings to celebrate. Many folks celebrated some version of St. Patrick’s Day this weekend with hometown parades, green beer, and feasts, complete with corned beef and cabbage. We enjoyed two and three.
Although Meteorological spring began on March 1st, we recognize the vernal equinox as the traditional beginning of spring this week on March 19th. To those living in the Southern Hemisphere, happy official first day of Autumn!
Sharing for Cee’s Flower of the Day and Dawn’s Spring Festival (begins 3/21).
To round out the rest of March, folks who celebrate Lent are eager for Palm Sunday, Easter, and the various spiritual celebrations associated with many religious observances.
Sunrises
Shall we begin with the dawn of a new day?
“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.” ― Norman Maclean
“The wintry trees embraced the sun, a messenger that Spring would come.” ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
I tend to be an early riser, even when on vacation. Here are some inspiring sunrises for your viewing pleasure in case you are not awake for the sunrises. 😊
Sunsets
Bidding a fond farewell to a lovely day.
“The light of winter is the poetry of patience.” – Unknown
“And just like that…Winter opened cold bleary eyes to the newborn colors of spring. ~ Angie Weiland-Crosby
I would venture a guess that more people watch sunsets than sunrises. I enjoy both but tend to see more sunsets while at home. Two wintery sunsets stole the show in early March …
… and this year.
“The early mist had vanished and the fields lay like a silver shield under the sun. It was one of the days when the glitter of winter shines through a pale haze of spring.”
— Edith Wharton
A sunset gallery for your pleasure!
Cityscapes at sunset for Lens-Artists this week!
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” ― Jo Walton
Sharing for Hammad’s Weekend Sky and Johnbo’s Cellpic Sunday.
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
This Week’s Featured Bloggers
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers, poets, artists, and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Below are this week’s links from bloggers who shared their photos of sunrises and sunsets. I add these all week as new links are posted. Please take a moment to comment on my post if you link your post to Sunday Stills.
- YOUR BLOG’S NAME GOES HERE…
- Always Write
- Between the Lines
- Bushboys World
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
- Cee’s Photo Challenges
- The Day After
- The Day After
- Deb’s World
- The Dog Lady’s Den
- NEW Eunoia
- Graham’s Island
- Hugh’s Views and News
- LadyLee Manila
- Light Words
- Loving Life
- Now At Home
- Philosophy Through Photography
- Quaint Revival
- Robbie’s Inspiration
- The Showers of Blessings
- Stevie Turner
- ThreeSixFiveSnap
- Travels and Trifles (sunset in the city)
- Willow Dot
- Working on Exploring
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Wishing you a blessed weekend and week ahead as we all enjoy the awakening of spring (or Autumn) and other holiday celebrations. Join me next Sunday as we explore the theme “Urban.”
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