I usually run with a theme. We are having an odd summer in my city. It is not (usually) as hot, though still outside my comfort levels, which is unsurprising given that my sweet spot is about 14C. We have had a lot of rain (though not fortunately to flood levels unlike much of my country). It is MUCH more humid. Summer is my least favourite season and the garden has got away from me.
So I have been going out early and doing an hour or so weeding. Which means that not only am I up at first light I am dressed and ready to head out. And I have been delighting in very different sunrises, and heading out with the camera.
After I feed the cats, deal with the skitty litter and the garbage I weed and then and come back inside before it gets too hot. Hopefully not as I did one morning last week falling face first onto the lawn. Which was my own fault. I knew I was tired and did a little bit more then headed down to the green bin carrying too many things at once.
Beautiful sunrises, Sue! I gasped when I read that your sweet spot was 41ºC! That's 105.8ºF! 26.6ºC or 80ºF is my sweet spot. And if there is high humidity, mine is lower. I'm glad you fell face first into the lawn and not a paved area. I've gotten into trouble too from trying to carry too much at once. I hope you are okay. Take care!
ReplyDeleteFundy Blue: 14C (57F) NOT 41. By the time we reach 41 I am a sad and soggy mess. I was glad that I fell on the lawn too - I still bear the scars from when I face planted on the road a few years ago).
DeleteNo kidding. You're up early and very wise to weed before it gets too hot. I'm not a lover of hot humid days. It sucks the life out of me.
ReplyDeleteAll your sky shots are beautiful. It will be a long while before I can weed as the ground is frozen and covered with snow.
Take care and take it easy. Hugs, Julia
Julia: I hope to be in the garden again when it gets light this morning. It will be a long, long time before our ground freezes (and snow rarely happens here).
DeleteThe last one makes up for the wires being in #3. 😁
ReplyDeleteMike: It is the difference between looking straight up and looking out. Lots of the photos in this post are less than stellar. My hands shake a lot at the moment.
DeleteThe sky and the clouds are just lovely to look at. Certainly I am not seeing much of that kind of clouds in Australia this year. Cimate change is definitely happening
ReplyDeleteroentare: I adore skyscapes and watch them (and photograph them) often. We have had quite a bit of cloud this summer, but yes. climate change is most definitely happening. Which scares me.
DeleteKudos to you, being up at first light! I'm not a morning person. I sedom see any sunrise.
ReplyDeleteDUTA: I am definitely a morning person these days and am almost always up well before dawn. There is no virtue in it though, it is what my body does.
DeleteGorgeous photos! Hooray that you've been able to get a bit of gardening done, but boo to faceplants on the lawn. Wishing you lots of beautiful sunrises and comfortable temperatures. :-)
ReplyDeleteDiane Henders: Definitely boo on the face plant - and on my own stupidity that led to it. I have been back in the garden this morning and am now dripping with sweat. Bleah.
DeleteNever two sunrises alike. As we age and decline, we have to think about our wellbeing much more when doing things.
ReplyDeleteAndrew: Yes. I know that my balance is poor and go to physio each week to work on it - and still behave stupidly. Sigh.
DeleteI've done that, too, thinking I am stronger and younger than I am. Glad you are okay, and thank you for the wonderful early morning sunrise photos. You and I are in about the same temperature range of comfort. :-)
ReplyDeleteDJan: I am comfortable doing things at that temperature. The other two legged household member thinks I am insane. I suspect the cats agree with him.
DeleteYou got some beautiful sunrise shots. I've fallen flat a couple times too in last weeks, both times tripping on untied shoelaces. At least we can still pick ourselves up.
ReplyDeleteStrayer: Getting up is much harder than going down for me. How about you? It isn't easy and it isn't graceful but I can fortunately still do it.
DeleteWe're a good pair, EC...we should perform a duo and go on stage. I, too, fell flat on my face last week. My walking stick slipped on the damp floor, and down I went flat on my belly and chest, bum up, face down! Very graceful, indeed. Thankfully, no damage was done, and only my pride was bruised!
ReplyDeleteIt's been unbearably hot up here, too. Yesterday's heat was soul destroying.
Take good care...I hope the week ahead treats you more gently. Cuddles to Batty and Odie. :)
Lee: Not a club that either of us want to join. My body was bruised but I was lucky that no real damage was done. I hope you get some cooler days this week, though I fear you won't.
DeleteI wish I could send both of you some of my balance. I so rarely fall or trip.
DeleteRiver: Lucky you. My physio sessions are helping but I have a long way to go.
DeleteRiver Fairchild - I’m glad you didn’t suffer any permanent damage. It’s getting harder for me to get back up as well when I’m down on the ground for whatever reason. You certainly are a trooper, doing so much weeding! I wish some of your tenacity would rub off on me.
ReplyDelete30C is my sweet spot so I’m cold for nine months out of the year. I especially love the skies when the pink shows with the blue. Gorgeous!
Climate change is creating havoc and the powers don’t listen. It is terrifying.
Take care of yourself and sending hugs to you.
River Fairchild: I wish I had done more in the garden earlier. I am paying the price now. Tenacity? Stubborness. I would love to be cold for nine months of the year but feel for you being well outside your sweet spot.
DeleteAnd how I wish that the powers that be would pay a LOT more attention to climate change.
I like the first sunrise best. Good strong colors.
ReplyDeleteJoanne Noragon: Lots of our sunrises are gentle. I appreciated the first one, but love them all.
DeleteAmazing colours ♥
ReplyDeleteaussie aNNie: Probably my favourite time of the day.
DeleteI'm sorry you fell and hope it doesn't happen again.
ReplyDeleteThese are delightfully beautiful.
My selections will be over here.
messymimi: My own silly fault - though I had to catch myself again this morning. I look forward to seeing your selections in a little while.
DeleteI hope you didn't hurt yourself too much there EC. Be careful please. Love the photos of the morning sky..thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMargaret D: I had to rescue you from spam jail again. I was bruised but no more, and very lucky.
DeleteI can sympathize with humidity and heat intolerance, visits to the tropics have always been wasted on me, I positively hate heat and it makes me sick.
ReplyDeleteYour sunrises are so gorgeous and I am so glad you are getting out in the early dawn.
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Wisewebwoman: Much of himself's family live in a hot and humid climate. Like you, it makes me sick. Literally.
DeleteAn array of gorgeous colours.
ReplyDeleteDon't exert yourself.
Caterina: Aren't they a lovely way to greet the day? A little exertion is a good thing, but I do need some moderation.
DeleteI'm not really a morning person but I do appreciate the cool and the quiet. And sunrises if I see them.
ReplyDeleteEarly weeding is probably therapeutic if ya don't go a over t 😊
I hope you see some great skies this week!
kylie: The cool and the quiet are blissful. My father used to say base over apex rather than a over t. If this morning's dawn was anything to go by I will see some lovely skies again this week.
DeleteFace first into the lawn? Yikes! You didn't get hurt? The sunrises are very lovely. The humidity is knocking me back a bit too, I feel like I'm gasping for breath while my body weighs a ton. Thankfully today is a dry heat day.
ReplyDeleteRiver: Face first into the lawn. At least it wasn't the road or the driveway. Humidity is foul. I went out to take more photos of sunrise again this morning. And weeded afterwards. Too much because I nearly fell again.
DeleteFalling becomes more of an issue as time goes by. Trust me, I have found that out the hard way. Beautiful pictures, and certainly the only sunrises I'll see this week!
ReplyDeleteBill: Is there an easy way to find out that falling has become an issue? I think not. I expect to see all of the sunrises this week - and look forward to them.
DeleteHi EC - it must be difficult ... but you seem to have worked out a way to achieve a little, engage with the world through the gardens and the sky, and of course that lawn - so pleased it was the lawn. I've done both ... thankfully not too badly on either ... both stories to tell though. Take care and thinking of you from up north and over! Cheers and with thoughts.- Hilary
ReplyDeleteHilary Melton-Butcher: My engagement with the world is shrinking. I like your thought that I am, after a fashion, engaging through the garden. I hope your not quite rightness is settling.
DeleteHi Sue - it's all we can do when our world narrows - yet our brains still engage and we can live vicariously that way - thank goodness for said many grey cells ... however tired they may be. Life is interesting ... but enough for now - I really have to stop procrastinating and get on!!??? Cheers - see you tomorrow with WWW ... sent with gentle hugs from up here or perhaps down there, whichever way the world happens to be facing right now! Hilary
DeleteHilary Melton-Butcher: Many thanks.
DeleteBeautiful skies! A reason to stop and take in the scenes for sure. Hope you didn’t hurt yourself too badly, EC.
ReplyDeleteMarie Smith: I do delight in the dawn. All of them. And no, I wasn't much hurt. A few bruises. And I saved myself from another fall yesterday.
DeleteNo more falling on your face, you hear? The only falling you are allowed to do is into bed or onto the couch. Beautiful shots of the sky, Sue.
ReplyDeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: I hope my body pays attention to you. I had another near fall yesterday. And yes, falling into bed is a win.
DeleteI delight in your sunrises too - strong and delicate both. I'm sorry about the fall, though glad of the soft landing, hope you're alright and not in pain.
ReplyDeleteNilanjana Bose: I am fine. I hope your surgery on Saturday goes really, really well.
DeleteUgh, I recently fell too coming out of the bathroom at the school where I work. I tried to hurry and get up so I wouldn't alarm any of the kids if they come across me, but I don't hurry as easily as I used to, lol. Thankfully, none of the kiddos came out of their classrooms and all ways well. Let's both stop falling, shall we? :) I hope your garden gets back to where you want it soon. It takes awhile to get weeds out. I remember well!
ReplyDeletemail4rosey: I hear you on not hurrying up well. And indeed stopping falling is a worthy ambition. If I garden every day for a year (which won't happen) I 'might' be on top of the garden.
DeleteOutstanding skies!
ReplyDeleteThis is what makes getting up early totally worth it.
Sure hope your summer becomes less miserable. Our winter continues to be mild, even for Florida. Some rainy days have actually been a nice change. Had to use the car's seat heaters (!) a few mornings last week as we drove on some remote back roads with the windows down so Gini could listen for birds. (I know - tough life.)
We are both really sorry to hear about your fall and hope nothing serious was injured (other than your pride). Falling isn't too much of a problem for me. If I should fall, I just say "I'm getting a different angle for this photo". Now - getting up again - that's a different story.
Wally Jones: One of the things that makes getting up early worth it. I delight in the skies and in listening to the early birds (often complaining about the lack of worms). Getting up again is indeed a challenge. A big one. I hope that you and Gini continue to revel in the natural world.
DeleteDear EC
ReplyDeleteBeautiful skies to revel in with such lovely colours. I hope you didn't hurt yourself when you fell. I have fallen into the border in the garden before but luckily the only thing bruise was to my pride (and no-one saw me, which was a good thing!)!
I hope you have a good week.
Take care and be safe
Best wishes
Ellie
Ellie Foster: It was early when I fell and no-one saw me do it either - other than the birds which keep secrets well. The skies are a joy aren't they?
DeleteSo industrious! Wonderful skies. Please take care
ReplyDeleteCloudia: Not industrious enough. The skies are a joy though. Thank you.
DeleteBeautiful photos. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteNas: I never fail to delight in the sky.
DeleteI am an early bird, too. Sorry about your fall, but it happens to me, too.
ReplyDeletegigi-hawaii: I really like the early morning and sadly, yes, falls do happen.
DeleteI am so sorry to read you fell on your face. I hope you are better, now. Please, PLEASE take care of you.
ReplyDeleteYour sunrise shots are gorgeous and glorious. Each is a true beauty. Virtual hugs to you, Batty, and Odie.
Bleubeard and Elizabeth: I am fine. I hope you are doing better too. Hugs to you and your furry family as well.
DeleteLovely sky pictures.
ReplyDeleteHena Tayeb: They were lovely starts to my day.
DeleteWhat a lovely way to begin the day. The skies, I mean, not your fall! I fell on the ice the other day. At least I landed in the snow.
ReplyDeleteI hear you about the heat. Take it easy!
Jenn Jilks: I remember your fall and was glad you landed in snow rather than ice. Sunrise is always a delight for me.
DeleteOh no! Having had my own faceplant a few weeks ago, I know it's a shock to the system. I hope you didn't get any scrapes or bruises. Beautiful skies. Very smart to get out in the early hours before the heat hits. The humidity of summer makes me ill so it's not my favorite part of the year either, but I do love the butterflies and all the other natural splendors it brings. Otherwise I stay inside.
ReplyDeleteDeniseinVA: A few bruises - but I was lucky. Heat and humidity are not my friends and other than the early morning I try and stay inside. You are right about the natural splendours though.
DeleteWhat sublime sunrises! And how awful that you face-planted, we're supposed to plant plants not faces! I hope you're okay
ReplyDeleteKim: There are been some beauties of late haven't there? I am ripping out (blasted couch grass) rather than planting at the moment (other than my face). And yes, I am ok.
DeleteHere's with two days delay to offer a balmy face massage with my magical hands and fingers. ;-)
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. Your dawns are my sunsets. ;-)
Feel yourself hugged, dear Sue.
Sean Jeating: Thank you. Magical hands and fingers would be welcome.
DeleteMany thanks for sharing your beautiful sunrises.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to read about your face fall onto the lawn, I guess it was better than a face fall onto the pavement ... but obviously no fall would have been preferable.
Take care, sending my good wishes and hope you are all healed and okay now.
All the best Jan
Lowcarb team member ~Jan: Definitely better to fall on the lawn rather than the road as I did a few years ago. I had been thinking about walking down the road because it was more level too - but got lucky. I am fine and thank you.
DeleteVery beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSandi: They are aren't they?
DeleteOh the sunrises are just gorgeous! No more face falls, OK!
ReplyDeleteAnne in the kitchen: I will try - but this one wasn't written on any plan either.
DeleteGlorious sunrises, weeding is a thing in the future for me. I haven't planned any falls either ;)
ReplyDeleteI hope your bruises will mend fast! and all the weeds soon be done with.
Charlotte (MotherOwl): Thank you. The bruises will be gone long before the weeds.
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