The Sun Melts

Watching the sun set on the ocean made me wish
that I read the instructions on how to photograph
a sunset.







The zoom uncovered the changing shape.











I've been told it is the curvature of the earth
and the reflection on the ocean that
provides the distorted shape on the horizen.











I imagine a "real" photographer would have
a filter.









Or a much more expensive camera.










The waves kept rolling into the beach and I never
heard any sizzling.












Have you seen the sun wearing a hat.










Or is the sun really a sky submarine that dives
beneath the surface.











Or in the end, a puddle of wax, from the candle that lights
the day.







It rests and day is done.







The heat in our room woke all of us at 3:00 a.m. We would have been funny to watch, all of us looking for our glasses in order to see the thermostat. Or a little fly on the ceiling listening to us babble: Who turned the heat on so high, I didn't do it. Well you touched it last. No, I got up to use the restroom and it was hot so I turned it down to 60. Well, it was set on 90... were you standing on your head..... hmmmph.. Still acting like siblings after all these years. What can I tell you. (:

We opened the windows to cool us when we saw the moon. It was the color and shape of a slab of cheddar as it fell deliberately into the dark water. The moon disappearing into the ocean was something none of us had previously experienced. We decided that the thermostat was a blessing. Because of it, we shared the moon.

Do people who live near the ocean take this all for granted?