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The sunset last night (Sunday, July 12, 2009) along the Mohawk, as seen from Riverside Park, was quite lovely — with the experience made even more enjoyable due to another refreshing evening of “unhot, unhumid” weather. Nonetheless, the flower garden at the western end of the Park reminded me — as my lawyer weblog friend Anne Reed (of the much praised “blawg” Deliberations) did recently — that virtually every experience is enhanced by adding daylilies.
Therefore, I did my best to include daylilies in my sunset reverie. [You may recall my tulip-sunset posting from May.] Granted, my photographic technique still needs some fine-tuning, but a few of the results last night seemed to be worth sharing.
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p.s. Of course, you don’t have to be a daylily to make a sunset more interesting:
p.p.s. Speaking of things that are orange, perennial, and come out in the daytime, look at the view from my corner window (Washington Avenue at Cucumber Alley) again today:
suns along the Mohawk 
David, these pictures are wonderful. And I do think there’s something deep about the idea that as you were taking them, each of those blossoms had only a few minutes more to go in its only day of bloom. Thanks for posting this.
By: Anne Reed on July 13, 2009
at 12:02 pm
Thanks, Anne. It’s great having you visit here in lieu of f/k/a. I think a daylily droops and folds up at night, but rejuvenates in the morning. (That is a pretty good metaphor for a life well-lived.) I’ll choose a couple of them to watch more closely tonight, and report back soon.
By: David Giacalone on July 13, 2009
at 12:10 pm