On this first day of summer, I am writing this while looking out into the garden at our place in Portland, Oregon. It is 65 degrees and sunny. It is amazingly green as we live most of the year in the beige of the central valley of California.
On the first day of summer in 2006 we were in the Highlands of Scotland. It was still cold and a little rainy, but at the latitude the day was very long. It started before 5 am and the sun did not set until nearly 10 pm. Our room at The Toad Hall Bed and Breakfast had blackout blinds and shutters to allow us to sleep.
Marietta has traveled closer to the Artic Circle and has experienced even longer days than I have.
Today, in Portland Oregon, sunrise is around 5:30 am and sunset is around 9;30 pm. We will take advantage of the light and the mild weather as best we can today.
Changing time zones and latitudes are just more ways of having to adjust to places to which we travel.
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