I don't think I've mentioned this before in the blog, but the days have been getting really long here. We are at 54 degrees latitude in our part of England, which is considerably more north than what we're used to. As a result, we have an early sunrise and a late sunset.
The sun has been rising in the 4am hour (this morning, it was 4:33). Fortunately, we have thick curtains in all of our bedrooms, which helps block out the sunlight. The only problem we've had is that Maddie occasionally wakes up earlier than usual. Besides that, it's actually not too bad. At the very least, it helps get me out of bed in the morning.
The sun has been setting in the 9pm hour (last night, it set at 9:42), and we still have twilight well into the 10 o'clock hour. It's been really bizarre putting the kids to bed, and then looking outside to sunshine. Here is a picture I took of our house at 9:00 last night.
(Don't you just love the climbing rose bushes?)And here's one that I took at 10:00.
Around 10:20 last night, Ethan drove down the road to take these shots.
So, what did we do today, on the first official day of summer? We put on our sweats and jackets and played in a family-fun baseball game to conclude Tim's t-ball season. Although we have had some beautiful, warm days, they are few and far between. It's been in the 60s everyday this week, with rain, wind, sun, and clouds on a repeating basis. It's making me very anxious to go visit the States next week. We will be flying into JFK on Wednesday 6/25, and will return on 7/12. I'm hoping that we will have a nice mini-summer while we're there. Anyway, it has been a neat experience having these long days. The problem is that in the winter time, it will be the exact opposite-- very short days and a lot of darkness. I can't say that I'm looking forward to that.
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