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Sunsets (of
Jane and Pat)
• Bradford’s Beach,
Dwyer’s Cove, Downe
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Roamin’ in the gloamin’ wi’ ma lassie by (transitioning sunset
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When the sun has gone to rest, • Money Island
That’s the time that we love best, looking over
Oh, it’s lovely roamin’ in the gloamin’. Nantuxent Creek,
We talked about how most people miss Downe Township
the best part of a sunset. They make a quick • Hansey Creek Rd.,
exodus the moment the sun dips beneath Commercial Township
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thing Pat and I have chatted about many • East Point Lighthouse over the
times. They essentially miss the gloamin’. meadows, Maurice River Township
Pat points out, “The show has just • Thompson’s Beach Rd., Maurice
begun.” The scattering of the blue light River Township, PSEG viewing platform
leaves us with only the warm colors. Then • East side of Union Lake, Millville
the magic truly begins as the earth is nei- • Bayside Rd., Greenwich
ther completely dark, nor is it fully illumi-
nated.
Pat says if you face the east you actu- Apollo, or earlier, Helios, ushered the ends can be truly transformative. In a few
ally see the sun’s shadow on the opposite sun across the skies from east to west in a seconds’ time it’s entirely different.
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She went on to explain how she never back from the tree line because you can’t
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is always changing, and that the love of a about viewscape.”
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