“Its only one hour,” I tell myself twice a year. And, two times each year my poor internal clock gets completely flummoxed by the time change. I become an insomniac, get grouchy, and hit the snooze button way too many times all in an attempt to make up for that hour lost or gained.
Last Saturday a friend and I went out at dawn to a local wildlife area. I knew it was my last day to get up and enjoy a late sunrise; the next morning the sun would come up at an ungodly hour again. Unfortunately, there weren’t many birds flying, but the spectacular sunrise more than made up for it.
Being treated to a sunrise like this almost makes you forget about being a photographer, and just staring because its so darned beautiful.
Fiery Sunrise I
Fiery Sunrise II
Don’t get me wrong; I love being up to see the sunrise at any time of the year, but the week after the time change always murders me.
How do you deal with the time change? If the majority of comments come in at 2am, I’ll know you’re also suffering from insomnia. 😉
I agree Greg, the time change really messes with my internal clock as well. Seems it’s always better to just let nature do things naturally!
Doesn’t matter to me — I seldom know what time it is anyway.
Hey Greg.
Yeah, it messes me up a little. But I’m always up at 4a.m., so I actually like the clock moving backwards. I really had to hold myself back as sunrise headed towards 7:30. Even 6:30 is hard to wait for. But now coming home from the day job in the dark is not much fun.
I also agree – messes big time with us – especially because of our 6 month old son – he does not care at all (good for him) but to change a baby routine over it will take us till spring and then we start from scratch – lol
Fortunately, I never have to worry about DST. I live in Hawaii. 🙂
Thanks for all the comments, guys! I’ll admit that the spring time change messes me up a little more. Somehow, “losing” that hour is just torture.
Rolf, just wait until your son is about 2-3. That’s when the time change bedtime fun really starts!