My 4am awakening seemed unduly dark. While that is still long before dawn and should be dark, it was almost unnervingly dark this morning. Still, I arose, did the usual (required) stretches and exercises, made coffee and settled in with biscuits and marmalade. Bat (the cat) and I enjoy our quiet time before the rest of the world shakes out of bed. After doing the initial morning chores of laundry and mopping floors, our free time began! He and I headed to the pier then back to the gardens for a while. I gardened while the cat did cat things. It was still dark even though by now the sun should have been up and shining. Perhaps it was still in bed with everyone else.
Along about midmorning, a sudden shower caught me off guard. The compost that I was hauling had to wait for a bit to be strewn around the cabbages as Bat and I made a hasty retreat into the greenhouse! There we sat among the assorted tropical plants and frogs! Oh, so many frogs have found a haven in the warm, humid greenhouse. The shower ended so it was time to continue helping the cabbages grow. This lasted until about noon when I noticed a glint of sunshine trying to break through the clouds. Oh, how neat that the sun appeared to be cradled in the branches of the hickory tree! Yep, that was cause for the camera to come out regardless of the often drizzly rain. If the sun could try, so could I.
My day was spent trying to replenish the gardens between rains. Bat and I spent so much time in that greenhouse that I feel I should install a coffee pot out there! That darkness of the predawn did not brighten much throughout the day. Then, it made a full-blown appearance again at 4pm. That signaled quitting time. Now it was time for a cup of tea and some cat snuggles. All in all...a perfect day.
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