September Sunset #SkywatchFriday

The TV made me do it.

On the last day of September, I was watching the end of the local 6pm news.  The newscaster said something like "you really need to go outside and watch the sunset."  Their studio is high up on a hill, but I'm not.  Still, I grabbed my phone and headed for a place to watch.

The nice thing about living in a small city is that the broadcasters are local, too.  That newscaster wasn't kidding - I started to take pictures even before I got to where I wanted to stand. 

The horizon looked like it was on fire.

The west looked fine.

So I decided to point my camera in another direction. 

Along the river, an egret caught my eye.  You can barely see him (or her) as a tiny white dot towards the bottom center of the picture - this is as far as I could zoom my phone.

You could see the reflection of the sunset on the water.

Too soon, the show was over.  Thank you, local newscaster.  I may be treasuring this evening for days to come.

Joining with Yogi and other sky watching bloggers at #SkywatchFriday.