I love this time of year. Every day has a few more minutes of light. And I luvvvvvs me the light.

It makes things so much more interesting.

Like this cedar. You’ve seen it in countless pony photographs, most of them taken in the morning. The morning light is different. Softer. More diffused. And of course from the opposite direction.

But ka-boing! Check out the bling from the setting sun. The camera doesn’t begin to capture how bright it was.

A couple minutes later? Shrug. Meh. Faded glory.

It was more dramatic in the paddock. But not for long. In a few minutes all that beautiful light went away. Somewhere.

I thought the play of light and reflected color on Lana’s neck was beautiful.

Then I turned the camera on me. The sunlight was at that level where it could catch my hair, and I love what it did to it. But Lana’s back was just a little out of range by this time. If you squint you can see the faintest of outlines but that’s about it.

The sun went wherever the sun goes and I went back to the house.