Late mornings

[Dave]

Late mornings this time of year is one of the very few things I don't like about winter. The wife gets up at around 5:00 every morning. She says as a young girl she wanted to be an Indian. I say they would have kicked her out of the tribe for being too noisy. So she gets up and wakes me up. And I have over 2 hours until it is light enough to get outside to start the day. Not bad other time when it is just a few minutes or maybe an hour. But what to do when it is 2 and a half hours until daylight........ What to do to kill the time?

 

[Dsth]

well, I could think of something to do with the wife if we are both up early in the morning. not sure if it would last 2 hours.

 

[RDFF]

Late mornings this time of year is one of the very few things I don't like about winter. The wife gets up at around 5:00 every morning. She says as a young girl she wanted to be an Indian. I say they would have kicked her out of the tribe for being too noisy. So she gets up and wakes me up. And I have over 2 hours until it is light enough to get outside to start the day. Not bad other time when it is just a few minutes or maybe an hour. But what to do when it is 2 and a half hours until daylight........ What to do to kill the time?

Cruise the CT forum.............

 

[daneg]

Look on the bright side, the days are getting longer!

 

[Silver]

Look on the bright side, the days are getting longer!

Ya, but sunrise keeps getting later until about Dec 29th

 

[Silver]

I quite often get up at 5:00. Doesn’t get light until 8:45, but I have good lights on the feeding tractor. I’m not a fan of feeding in the dark but I don’t mind starting just before daylight. So I have a subscription to NYT games. I while the time away playing their word games as well as seeing what’s new on CT, and starting arguments when it’s too slow. I’m easily entertained.

 

[TCRanch]

It's not uncommon for me to be up before 4. Mr TC may or may not get up but if he does, it's generally to his massage chair where he immediately goes back to sleep. In spite of me making coffee, the dogs, the lights, sometimes the TV. I get caught up online, balance accounts, update spreadsheets, read a book or throw in a load of laundry before it's even light.

OR you could buy ear plugs and an eye mask (or bury your head under the covers) and go back to sleep.

 

[Ridgefarmer63]

Ya, but sunrise keeps getting later until about Dec 29th

Why do you think that is? My thought, with out consulting Dr. Google, is because the earth is not perfectly round but slightly oval...

 

[Ridgefarmer63]

The sun rises later after the winter solstice because of two factors: the Earth's elliptical orbit (making us move faster) and its axial tilt, which causes the difference between solar time and clock time (the Equation of Time) to shift, meaning the Earth has to rotate even further to bring the sun back to the same spot, delaying sunrise until early January, even though the days are getting longer.

 

[Ridgefarmer63]

The sun rises later after the winter solstice because of two factors: the Earth's elliptical orbit (making us move faster) and its axial tilt, which causes the difference between solar time and clock time (the Equation of Time) to shift, meaning the Earth has to rotate even further to bring the sun back to the same spot, delaying sunrise until early January, even though the days are getting longer.f Dr. Google.

Per Dr. Google....