Tonight was the penultimate sunset of the 2011 on Thompson Creek off the Chesapeake Bay in Stevensville Maryland and it was a good one. The day was warm for this time of year. The bright sunshine was welcome opposed to the often gray winter sky experienced this time of year. I think the weather has been unseasonably mild. Last winter cold winds relentlessly swept Kent Island. Two winters ago there was snow on the ground from mid-December until well into March. Perhaps there will be little or no snow this winter. I know wishful thinking on my part - but - I can still wish, can't I?
The water is always different, from day-to-day, from hour-to-hour, from minute-to-minute, it's almost never the same. And tonight was no exception. The creek water reflecting tonight's sunset was almost a mirror reflection. I watched the penultimate sunset on Thompson Creek evolve from sunset to dusk, then to twilight, and finally into night. There were some high flying geese looking for a landing spot. There were several duck hunters still out on the water but I didn't hear any shots ring out. There was a certain calm about the water and the sun setting on Thompson Creek in Stevensville Maryland this next to last day of 2011.
It's darker on Kent Island than on either the Western Shore where Annapolis is located or the other way towards the Eastern Shore. At night there are often so many stars. And in the chilled air of the winter night sky more stars are clearly visible than middle summer given heat and humidity. When I got home I printed out the star map for tonight. Rocky (my mixed lab from the Annapolis SPCA) and I will take a walk and I'll want to point out which stars are out tonight.
Stevensville Maryland is located on Kent Island which situated on the Chesapeake Bay and is closer to the Eastern Shore. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge straddles the expanse between the two shores with its Eastern foot is squarely planted on Kent Island in Stevensville Maryland. The Bay Bridge is metro-Washington, Baltimore, Virgina and Pennsylvania's gateway to the Atlantic Ocean beaches in Delaware and Maryland.
It has been a good year.
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