Up at dawn

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Early dawn

Early dawn

Do you get up early?  I do,…but have found that many couples have one.  One that gets up at dawn and the other who sleeps through it all.

Dawn dog

Dawn dog

Dawn in the Sierras

Dawn in the Sierras

The cool air, the purplish cast in the early, early dawn, the soft peeping of the first birds all draw me out to sleepily make my coffee.

Dawn on the patio

Dawn on the patio

Early morning squirrel

Early morning squirrel

I like it dark until the first light comes. The luxury of two east facing sliding doors allows me to watch the sun as it moves through its yearly arc. I can tell time by when it comes blinking over the mountain.

First light in windows

First light in windows

The down side is the inevitable beam of light that reaches my kitchen. “The Sunbeam of Truth” I call it, which spotlights even the dust in the air and shows that I am a happy gardener and not a perfect housekeeper.

dishes at dawn

Dishes, better do ’em….before dawn

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4 comments

  1. James -

    You’ve got some terrific reasons to get up early. In my advancing years I’ve turned to be more of a morning than evening person. The squawks of the dawn chorus the precedes dawn are great to wake up to, and let you take your time as the darkness dissipates as the sun comes along. My house is on the west slope of a little hill, so there’s usually an hour of bright light before the sun makes its way to the house–that seems a little disappointing, especially during the shortest days of the year. It looks like your home’s siting makes it a lot more gratifying to wake up with the light.

  2. James -

    You’ve got some terrific reasons to get up early. In my advancing years I’ve turned to be more of a morning than evening person. The squawks of the dawn chorus the precedes dawn are great to wake up to, and let you take your time as the darkness dissipates as the sun comes along. My house is on the west slope of a little hill, so there’s usually an hour of bright light before the sun makes its way to the house–that seems a little disappointing, especially during the shortest days of the year. It looks like your home’s siting makes it a lot more gratifying to wake up with the light.

  3. Gayle Madwin -

    I like your dishes – a great combination of patterns that somehow all seem to belong together. I’m the one in my household who gets up early (most of the time) – is it always the one who does the gardening?

  4. Gayle Madwin -

    I like your dishes – a great combination of patterns that somehow all seem to belong together. I’m the one in my household who gets up early (most of the time) – is it always the one who does the gardening?

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