Sunsets at IRRI.
March hails the arrival of longer days and glorious afternoon skies. This was also a signal for me to get my butt of my chair and start walking in the afternoons (since arriving from the US, I had to catch up on a lot of things so I didn't really have the time to enjoy the outdoors... I decided to make time for it).
I didn't make a mistake because each time I went outside, I saw pomelo-pink twilights, purple-grey clouds, and yellow-orange skies.
And because the landscape is always breath-taking at this golden hour and because I'd like to slow down and grasp the view while I had it, I decided to do walks rather than runs. I'll need to return to weight training and cardiovascular exercises in the gym... but with these sunset views, I prefer to do hour-long walks in the meantime. I do achieve my step goals but I accept that weight loss will be a lot slower. The trade-offs, however, are these photos... all taken in different days using my mobile phone. One day, I'll bring my Canon Powershot along so I can get even better photos.
Sunshine breaking through the cloud cover of Mount Makiling. Photo taken outside the NC Brady Lab. |
The clouds block the view of Mt Banahaw. Photo taken on the road going to the Zeigler Experiment Station. |
The clouds taking on a pink glow as the sun sets. Photo taken at the Zeigler Experiment Station. |
Golden hour splashing a pinking glow over the green rice fields at the Long-Term Continuous Cropping Experiment (LTCCE). |
The silhouette of Mount Makiling captured (again) just outside the NC Brady Lab. |
I couldn't help but think of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" each time I walk along IRRI fields at sunset. How could I not, with these words?
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
The discomfort brought about by changes are temporarily muted when I see the day turn into night. It's that calmness that allows me to decompress and to process, readying myself for the next day.
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