Summer Light

I know I have fallen short on the house tour,  but here are a few pictures of the living room:

It's comfortable and feels like home in just the short months we've been here.  We really love the floors, fireplace, and big living room window that lets in so much natural light.  And now that we are getting into the long days of Alberta summers, we get all the more light to enjoy.  The sun is rising now around 5am and setting just after 10pm giving us light from almost 4am to 11pm.  These are definitely the longest days I've experienced.  And I do mean that in a good way.

But I will say, I do have to think more about the time.  Especially in the evenings.  Even as I'm typing this and glancing out the window, my brain still defaults to think it's around 5 by the light outside, but I look at the clock and see it's 8:30pm.

We've gotten caught staying late a few times visiting with friends in the evening.   Normally the darkness of evening keeps us cognisent of when we need to be leaving, but without it arriving to trigger a departure, we have probably outstayed our welcome a few times!

With the ample sunshine, the grass is growing at a healthy rate.  And now that we have a yard we are getting into the swing of the lawn maintenance.  It's been a number of years since I've regularly had lawns to mow, it's been pretty easy to adjust back to it again.  We haven't spent much time enjoying the yard yet, but I expect it's still to come.  We have been enjoying the flowers popping up everywhere around the house.

 A definite bonus of moving in after tenants who love gardening, move out!  We have a beautiful lilac bush, purple irises, and...other stuff that looks nice, but I don't know the names of.  However, it doesn't stop me from appreciating them!  What a great reminder that we never know what unexpected gifts might be hibernating during the long, cold seasons of life, and can only revealed in their own time.