Sunshine

We’ve been enjoying what seems like endless amounts of sunshine the last few weeks. The official sunrise is somewhere around 8:45AM, but predawn/dawn light begins around 7:45ish. (We count that as daylight time because during winter that predawn light is what our sunrise looks like) The official sunset time is a little bit after 9:00PM right now but again it’s dusk for much longer than that, typically 9:45-10:00ish. We’re gaining approximately 5+ minutes of daylight per day right now.

We’ve all made the mistake of not realizing the time until after 10PM because of the sun. Our living room windows are on the west side of our house so the afternoon/evening sun lights up our living room until the sun has completely set. We can read by sunlight in the living room until at least 8:45PM.

Junie can't wait until we buy her some sunglasses! The sun is SO BRIGHT!

Check out this picture I took around 9:21 on Thursday.

 
This is the same view out our living room window just a few minutes 

after 9PM last night.

We went on our first of hopefully many walks during the week of spring break and have been on a few since we’ve been back to school. Sunshine is a soothing balm to the soul, feeling the warmth of the sun on your back while you’re walking make me realize how much I’ve missed the sun. Junie is a huge fan of getting outside, during the winter she only left the house if we were going somewhere or she was skypeing with her grandparents. She’s getting much better at breathing in the wind; but it’s still a struggle for her.