It’s been very difficult to find a sunset lately; it’s been cloudy, I’ve been busy, and they are arriving later and later! The sunset is around 8:30pm these days, which is nice; but it’s far less convenient to have to wait four hours after I get off work! In some ways, those early sunsets are very handy. I can stake out a location, get the photos, and be home in time for dinner. Not any more.

This lone tree sits atop a hill northwest of Bismarck. As I grabbed this angle on the sunset, I realized that I had zoomed in on this particular little lonely tree from the other side of the river earlier this afternoon. In that case, however, there was nothing but a gloomy sky behind it. This angle turned out far better.

I noticed up at one of my favorite sunset spots, a vantage point that is endangered and probably won’t be available for much longer, someone had set up some old patio furniture. Truly remarkable spots are hard to keep secret!