Cactus and I met online.  We’ve been together for about 11 years.  Online dating is no big thang now (which is a discussion for another day), but back in 2008 Match was probably one of the only shows in town. Well, that’s not true.  Craigslist was around back then, so was OK Cupid, and I think JDate (since Cactus is from that flock). We didn’t have Tinder, Bumble, Grindr, and what the hell is Coffee Meets Bagel?!?!?  Needless to say, online dating is now ubiquitous and seems to be the preferred way of meeting people.

Can you guess which site we met on?  Craigslist, the classiest of all. Recall this was prior to people getting killed on dates that were initiated on Craigslist so it was totally fine.  Not weird at all. And truth be told I was not looking for a boyfriend online. I was looking for a place to live. But being the efficiency focused female that I am, I got a two-fer.  It’s actually quite a funny story but that can wait.  

Anyway, were I to write an online dating profile presently it would definitely include my love of sunsets.  I always thought that was just a cliche, along with long walks on the beach, but since last Fall my opinion has completely changed.  Driving home each evening when daylight is shorter, I am chasing the sunset for about the last five miles. This discovery was pure luck and coincidence based on where our house is and the road that leads to it.  But man oh man did we hit the jackpot.  

The sunsets are striking.  They are beautiful beyond words.  I will likely never be able to take a picture that does justice to their dazzling colors.  The pinks, oranges, purples, and blues just stop me in my tracks. It’s like all the ideas, energy and deeds of the day have swirled together and floated up to the atmosphere and poof!

Here are just a few recent pictures taken with my phone (sorry!), since my DSLR seems to have elected retirement.  I’m gonna have to get better at dusk photography to capture this brilliance. Even though the last thing I want to do is go grab my camera during these fleeting moments.  I just want to stop and stare.