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YAY

February 7th, 2017

This time of year is when I notice that the days are getting longer. When I get up in the morning, the sun is starting to peek over the horizon, when Mr Chiots gets home from work there’s often a tiny bit of light left in the Western sky.

During the winter, I check my weather app daily to see how many hours of light we have. I watch it decline to below 9 hours and then steadily climb back up again. When we reach 10 hours a day I’m always happy as a clam, knowing that spring is truly on its way!

Do you have significant changes in number of daylight hours in your area?

One Comment to “YAY”
  1. Brenda on February 7, 2017 at 9:35 am

    Thank you for showing this screenshot. I haven’t had a smart phone long (a week) but this is my type app. I too am a diligent watcher of day length. I even print off calendars for myself and my grandchildren :) I watch the morning sunrise time and the evening sunset time. My husband’s commute and after work barn chores are so much easier in the daylight! I am always surprised by the extra time into January for the the morning sunrise time to start finally getting earlier. My calendar had Feb.2 as the first 10+ hour day, by Feb 21 my toddler Grandson will start arriving at sunrise, and by the end of the month my husband will get about 2 hours to do chores. And, the chickens are happy! It’s a great month.

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