Evening

There's a sweet relief that comes with evening. The light shifts from gold to blue and like clockwork, I feel my shoulders drop, the hard angles of my body soften. As the sun goes down, I know I can count on the routine of the evening to get me through. There's nothing particularly unusual about it-- dinner, conversation, laughter. Last minute playtime, last minute homework, a collection of bedtime rituals. And then the house is quiet. The sky, finally dark. We collapse onto the big green couch, my husband and I-- let it swallow us whole. Well, we say, we made it through another day. We look around. Dirty dishes, everywhere. Stacks of books, papers, dirty socks, legos scattered like confetti. We're exhausted but we made it through another day. And we're thankful.

Today's prompt is 'evening'. What do evenings look like at your house? Please do share an image or two with us today.

Comments

[Barbara Paulsen]

My evenings are often filled with watching my son at soccer practice. Now, on the way home, it is getting dark quickly. Here is a photo of the street at sunset on our way home:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mthoodmamaphotos/8001906541/

[melissa]

We are soaking up these beautiful rays of summer evening sun still. Savoring it while we can ..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissatalbert/7933675974/in/set-72157628756334875

[Lily Sheng]

Just chiming in to say BEAUTIFUL LAMP! Where did you get it and is it hung in your house?

[Jean]

Our evenings are filled with homework, playtime, family dinner, and reading together.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deburenphotography/6033623381/in/set-72157625228115035

[Valerie]

After four years in California, I just moved back home to the South. I forgot about that luminous glow that comes from a sunset breaking through the post-rain humidity...
http://journeyleaf.typepad.com/journeyleaf/2012/09/without.html

[Anne Jutras]

I love your image! Beautiful bokeh with warm and cold color, a perfect blend.

Here's two shots taken near my house at evening time. They remind me how much I love sunset!


http://annejutras.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/jour-38-mille-et-un-couchers-de-soleil/

http://annejutras.wordpress.com/2010/05/28/jour-17-un-an-pile/

[image masking]

Amazing image looking so great !

[Elaine-]

My husband and I have no kids, this is a picture of him walking toward bed, after kissing me goodnight, holding our dog, like a baby

http://www.totallylike.me/me/huggles.html

[Carol]

Oh my...beautiful colors! Just lovely.

[Laura]

We have dinnertime for my son and then my husband and I. My son still eats a lot earlier than we do! Then playtime (much of it chasing a toddler--haha), pre-bedtime stories (many many many!--this is my favorite time of the day with my little guy snuggled up on me and reading together), and then time for him to go to bed. Then we exhale. :) I try to wind down, right now either by catching up on episodes of Mad Men or reading a good book (currently back and forth between Brene Brown's new book, Daring Greatly, and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn).