The Four O’Clock from Saturday – the last day before Daylight Savings Time* began, and the first sunny one in weeks.
Now, here’s the shot from four weeks ago, on the 12th of February:
Sometimes, I just need to see them side by side to watch the light come back!
* I think you in Europe and the UK call it Summer Time. And no, I have no idea why we’ve started switching to it a full three weeks ahead of everyone else in the world…but I wish we wouldn’t!
I know those winters are brutal and hope that it changes soon to you can get in your garden.
Almost there, Bobbi!
I am always amazed at how quickly the snow comes and goes! Hopefully you are well on the way to spring and summer now. South Africa desn’t have DST but we have to continually calculate time differences when dealing with USA and Europe
Looking forward to your garden adventures – we are going into autumn now. Laura
We have our coastal location to thank for the snows coming and going quickly…it doesn’t work that way in the interior. Yesterday was lovely, so I’m hoeful that spring is really going to arrive on time
It’s pretty confusing with the clocks changing. Thank goodness it is the same Europe-wide nowadays, but 25 years ago there was even a month’s difference between the UK and mainland Europe!
Good to see the shadows getting shorter!
Hubby’s work requires that he follow the EU and UK markets, so he’s got a month of being up at TRULY ungodly hours…
I’m looking forward to longer days and sunshine to start melting our snow. Happy to see you are back to grass now.
Wishing you quick melting, Karen – but not so quick that it floods!
Because George W. thought we’d save money and electricity. Alls I know is that we are moving very slowly this morning.
Even Nixon knew it didn’t really save energy…
I dunno, Marie. I kinda like starting Savings Time early, at least this year. My bedroom clock has always been difficult to change, so, last Fall I didn’t turn it back. Yesterday morning, for the first time in months, my day didn’t start with a math problem. And I’d like to thank my fellow Americans for coming together and doing this for me.
Too funny. Hubby set ours forward on Saturday night, forgetting that it was one that would set itself with the time stamp in the electric line. When we woke up, it was TWO hours ahead…caused quite a minor panic!
I can hardly wait for for warmer weather….
Linda
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You and Me Both, Linda!
I already feel better with my “extra” sunshine. (I sleep late.)
I haven’t been able to sleep late in years – even before Angel came to live with us. Enjoy it!
I have a clock like ChgoJohn. It is correct only part of the year. That was good when I was working because I had to “figure” out the time and it helped me wake up. In retirement I guess I can turn it around so I don’t think I have to do the math problem!!
I like the pictures. Trees are blooming in S. Arkansas but as I drove north on I 40 I remembered your phrase “chasing spring”. I think I did that today. Not much blooming up north. Driving south again there were a few trees…. as you know!!!
I’ll bet it was a pretty drive…I love Arkansas in the spring!
Good to see the shorter shadows in your most recent photo, the sun is getting higher in the sky – on days when it does manage to push through the clouds!
That’s been rare in the last few weeks…and it comes up so late, with the time-change!
I am not fond of our new and improved longer season of time change—-mornings are terribly dark!
‘Improved’ is debatable…I like early-morning light, too.
When I think about it, though, if we didn’t do the change at all, it would be full daylight here at 4 am in High Summer – a leetle TOO early!
Your days are getting longer and ours are getting shorter. I love how you do this, it is really good. It wouldn’t make any difference here, the seasons are really too similar.
You’re a lot closer to the equator than we are, but I’ll bet there are subtle changes that a long-term project would reveal to you…
Every day the daylight is improving, whatever we call it and whatever we do with clocks!
Can’t be long now!