Reflections at sunset, March 23

There's a set of conditions that produce the richest color: the time of day, humidity, atmospheric pressure, cloud cover. Yesterday evening, everything was perfect. I was at the river around sunset; the air was cool and dry, with a bell-clear, deep blue sky and the sunlight a bronze-gold color. Behind a jetty, the water was relatively calm, and wavy lines of light were reflected onto three boulders near the sandy bank. Nearby, my dog stepped into a broad puddle, and I noticed that in the water I could see the sun behind a giant tree.

So it was just a beautiful evening at the park. At the same time, while walking above the bank of the river, I kept running across disgusting litter, including a hypodermic needle and a pregnancy test stick. Oh humans. Please take a look at Nature and learn how to stop sucking.