Monday, December 21, 2009

My Favorite Day of The Year

Finally.......after six months of watching the daylight dwindle down to a mere five hours, Monday December 21 at a little bit after 8 am, it's Winter Solstice!! There will be a 9 second gain of daylight. That's not so dramatic but soon the gain will be measured in 5 minutes. In June just before the Summer Solstice, my least favorite day, the sun will set somewhere around 2 am and will rise around 4 am. There will be no dark just dusk. How cool is that?

The biggest advantage to that is that we can begin a ride at 7 pm, ride for at least 4 hours, and be assured that we will be coming home in the daylight. It does take some getting used to though. Anyone remember Northern Exposure? There was a great episode about this.

The other reason that this is a favorite day is that December 21, 2009 will be our 6th wedding anniversary. We had a stealth wedding and didn't tell anyone except the friend who performed the ceremony. My wedding dress was a ratty old Carhartt jacket and I wore bunny boots and fur mittens. We had a blast.





5 comments:

  1. LOL Bunny boots? Too cute!! Happy Anniversary, and many many more!!

    I look forward to the solstice too. Getting dark early just... bothers me. Here's to more sun, where ever we are!!

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  2. Awww, Happy Anniversary!!! What a cool time to get married :)

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  3. Happy Anniversary to you both! I love the silhouette photo...nice!

    Yep...today is the day...I'm glad we get more than just 9 seconds though! All that daylight in the summer would take some getting used to for sure. I think my body clock would be totally screwed up!

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  4. Happy Anniversary!

    I miss the simultaneous dusk/dawn in June! I loved it!

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  5. Happy anniversary! May you have many many more to come!

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