Empty Nest

When I went out early this evening I was hoping to get a couple of colorful shots of the setting sun. I had no idea that I would come across a sunset of a completely different sort. Although it was already getting dark, I had to try to take a photo of a scene that created an emotional reaction in me as soon as I saw it.

 

Neighborhoods change. Families move in, children go to school and grow up, move away, and the empty nesters clear out the 'clutter' to make way for the next wave. I'm still not sure if this is sad, melancholy, or poignant, or if I've managed to capture any emotion at all.

 

Maybe Stevie Nicks said it best:

Well, I've been 'fraid of changin'

'Cause I've built my life around you

But time makes you bolder

Even children get older

And I'm gettin' older, too

I'm gettin' older, too

Done