After the bed was made I noticed the room was a little lighter than it usually is. When I looked out of the east-facing windows of my two story house I observed the sky had the tiniest little pink tinge to it. Daylight! I hadn't seen it at that time of day for months. By the time I got out of the shower it was almost light enough to pick out my socks without turning on a light.
The downstairs kitchen windows face east, too, but it wasn't until after I finished breakfast that the sun made it over the two-story house behind us and brightened up the room. It was so nice to be able to do the rest of my morning activities in the natural light.
This evening Hubby Tony and I had dinner shortly after he got home at 5:00. Today, for the first night in a long time, we could eat without turning on the overhead light. (By the time we were finished, though, we were sitting in a darkened room, but we didn't let that bother us.)
The longer day makes sense. Groundhog Day, the exact halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. was last weekend. So now we're incrementally more than halfway through winter. Things will be looking brighter and brighter.
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Here's to longer days! Meanwhile we are under an extreme cold alert tonight in Toronto.
ReplyDeleteYes, the temperatures and length of days don't seem to be playing well together :-)
DeleteSometimes alarm ruins our sleep. But keeping daily routine is best thing
ReplyDeleteLokesh, thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! You're right that waking up at the same time every day is good, but every once in a while I enjoy changing things up.
DeleteAlthough we got up later this Saturday morning than in the past few days, the sun was not coming up over the house tops at 7 am due to heavy cloud cover. We have more rain storms heading our way so sunlight is at a premium right now.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that you're not getting the sun. I know from reading at your blog you enjoy it as much as I do. Is your area still short on moisture?
DeleteEvery day will give us about 2.14 minutes more of sunlight which in a week means 15 minutes. I will take it my friend.
ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks for quantifying it. I will take it too.
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ReplyDeleteWow to you calling it the halfway point. I am clueless to that. But this point in February we can pretty much say Winter is over. I love the early morning daylight. It makes be have a better start to my day.
ReplyDeleteAlso meant to say but I know never have enough light in the room to find socks.
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