During these final days of summer the sunlight — both at the break and at the eve of the day — is something I hold close. My early morning walks are now coinciding with sunrise. Afternoon strolls take place a little earlier each day to avoid stumbling around in darkness.

The joy and wonder of memorable sunrises and sunsets are part of the experience of travel for me. I thought it would be fun to go back to old travel posts on More to Come and bring together some memories of sunlight I’ve treasured over the years. Almost all I’ve included here were captured with an iPhone (there are a few old 35mm digital camera photos mixed in), and all are mine, with the exception of the beautiful light at the Mohonk Mountain House (taken by Claire) and the sunset over the Tappen Zee Bridge in Tarrytown, NY (taken by Andrew).

These are not the exquisite quality of a Carol Highsmith photograph, but they do capture wonder-filled memories for me. I hope you’ll find one or two to enjoy.

John Renbourn has a lovely solo acoustic guitar version of the old Irish tune which came to mind and inspired the title as I was gathering these photographs. Each verse ends with a variation of:

Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray, Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

And now, for some wonder-filled sunsets.

Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,
Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

More to come …

DJB

Header photo of a sunrise over the high temple mount of the late 9th century Phnom Bakheng Temple at Greater Angkor in Cambodia by DJB