Yes, I know the Earth rotates, etc.

Just noticing the sunsets are coming earlier and the natural light through the hatchway to do projects is just not there much after 6 pm [I am in central CA]. It is getting harder to squeeze in outdoor stuff in daylight on weekdays.

Goodbye, Mr. Sun, I look forward to you're staying longer next summer.

yup..this is it--i re-set the timer for some yard lights to 8PM,not all that long ago they were at 10PM.not long and i'll have them at 6PM!!..i'm at 45 north,how you guys up in Canada can take it i don't know..

good reminder...

It's not the sun going down so much as the horizon rising earlier. (just couldn't resist)

Sue

Get a headlamp and enjoy the outdoors into the weeee hours.
Oh, and a jacket! hehe

yea, in a couple of months it'll be light at 9 am and sunset at 3 pm. Will be that way till the end of Feb.

just takes a bit of getting used to, that's all.

grrrrrrrrr ... the amateur astronomer in me is going to jump up and down and scream if anyone says "rotation" has something to do with seasons one more time...

The start of rains again after the summer drought gives me warning that I'll need to find my jacket and long pants within a couple of months...

PS. Days have been getting shorter for three months now. They'll start getting longer again around Christmas.

Wobble, wobble, wobble.

Wibble, Wibble ,Wibbles



Ya and my nieghborhood isn't that well lit and alot of the sidewalks are uneven.. So it makes walking after dark a real pain the arse.

Seconded.

Bring on the revolution!

[Ducking and running]

I've certainly been noticing the change.

It's a seasonal shock to go from "light until 11 pm" to "pitch black at 6." We're not at that extreme yet, but the transition seems to happen much more quickly than it ought to. Perception, I suppose.

There's certainly a noticeable physical and psychological transition heading into a northern winter. For a short while, you kind of hunker down like you're heading into hibernation. Then, mind and body rear up, back into the fray, like a ship roaring upright after a broadside wave. You get your equilibrium back and get on with your day.

There are benefits too. We have four, very distinct seasons. And, people living in the higher latitudes get gorgeous sunsets that last an hour. When I was visiting Hawaii, if you turned your head to sneeze you'd miss it.

This'll make you laugh: when people living in Alberta (c. 53 degrees lat.) talk about people living in Yukon/Alaska, they say "man, I couldn't live there, it's way too dark in the winter." So it's what you get used to.

here in Minneapolis --45N--Thanksgiving is the worst..no real snow yet and dark by 5:00..later on when the snow covers the ground you get that reflected light and it's not so bad looking outside..and your right about the psych part.we went from nice weather to cold rain and the 40's in just a few days.tonite i made a pot roast with all the trimmings and wolfed it down.last week it was still hot dogs or burgers on the grill..i'm sure the folks in the warm parts of the world don't have changes like that in their meals as the seasons change..

For me, the most noticeable change is in the mornings. It's now still dark when I get up, and the keychain light I recently acquired is coming in VERY handy to see the door lock as I'm leaving for work.

But it's another month before we get off of Daylight Saving Time.

"...the transition seems to happen much more quickly than it ought to. Perception, I suppose."

Nope!

Daylight hours increase (or decrease) faster in the spring and fall, and change more slowly near the summer and winter solstices.

Sue