Sunday Stills: #Daylight Hours

Today marks Daylight Saving Time in North America and 81 other countries in the world. We “spring forward” in March and lose that precious hour of sleep in order to get more daylight in the afternoon.

Quote coffee
Original photo by Lexi Ruskell on Unsplash

I preferred DST to begin in April and end in October like it used to. It is so dark in the mornings!

As a result, I feel that hour difference for as long as 4 weeks. Even my dogs look for their dinner when the sunlight hits the sky at a certain angle.

DAYLIGHT is this week’s theme for Sunday Stills.

Enough complaining though…let’s celebrate daylight with some fabulous photos!

There is nothing like starting the day with a glorious sunrise!

Sunrise over Sea of Cortez
Sea of Cortez, in Baja Sur, Mexico

Daylight casts shadows…

Shadow of the dog walker
Long shadows, short dog!

Aero casts a shadow and a reflection!

Aero cavorts on dog beach accompanied by his shadow and reflection
Aero loves the beach!

How about a sunset paddle?

sunset paddle session
Sun sets on stand-up paddlers on the Sacramento River in the Delta

Daylight would not be complete without a beautiful sunset!

Day is Done
Spring delta sunset

The sunset on the wind turbines is my entry to Becky B’s March Spiky Squares.

Please share your original images, poems, favorite quotations, and more that depict what daylight means to you.

And if it applies, I hope you remembered to set your clocks forward (yes, I have several manual clocks that need to be re-set). Enjoy the daylight!

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76 responses to “Sunday Stills: #Daylight Hours”

  1. This extra sunlight in the morning is very welcome! I hated leaving for work in the dark..

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  2. Oh, Terri, you are so very talented. I am looking for the right daylight moment to capture. Should have dragged myself out of bed this morning as I am sure the skies were lovely after our early morning rain.

    My favorite shot is the one with the wind mills. That grass! That sky, pierced by the blades of the wind mills. Great capture.

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    1. Oh thanks so much, Leslie! Love your poetic description of the wind turbines!

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  3. The turbines always look so peaceful but up close, they are noisy suckers! Yikes!

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    1. Yes, Jacqui, and they are huge!

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  4. […] Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: https://secondwindleisure.com/2019/03/10/sunday-stills-daylight-hours/ […]

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  5. […] have also been new growth, fabulous sunsets, and even the essence of […]

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  6. Some sayings are just a play on words and some are actually true: https://photographyocd.com/2018/10/25/make-hay-while-the-sun-shines/

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  7. Running late this week. Your wind turbine photos are stunningly beautiful. Here is a sneak peak at our tulip fields near me.

    Sunday Stills Challenge: Daylight Hours

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    1. thank you, Cee! No such thing as late!

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  8. […] is my entry for Terri Webster Schrandt’s, Sunday Stills Challenge with the topic of Daylight […]

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  9. […] theme for her Sunday Stills Challenge this week is  Daylight Hours. I spotted this sunrise from my window a few weeks ago and ran outside to capture it’s […]

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  10. I like sunsets and I appreciate every new day, especially when the sun is out and the sky is blue. Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos, Terri, and I hope you will add some more pristine images to your archives in Hawaii!

    We are actually in Arizona right now, where daylight saving is not observed. But, the time has been messing a bit with us, as Mark’s phone didn’t quite know which side of the border (CA or AZ) we were this last weekend. And, on Monday we had an interview at a certain time EST (Boston time), yet the time had changed there. We realized this right in time – three hours difference with MA again instead of two hours. Things do get confusing when you deal with different time zones! 🙂

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  11. […] For Terri’s Sunday Stills: Daylight […]

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  12. […] Daylight Hours is the prompt for this week’s Sunday Stills, and here are my contributions taken at various places and times. Here in Mexico Daylight Savings Time does not start until April, so our clocks remain n hour off for another few weeks. See more Daylight pictures at https://secondwindleisure.com/2019/03/10/sunday-stills-daylight-hours/ […]

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  13. Nice photos. I like the shadow particularly. My offering is https://grahamsisland.com/2019/03/10/three-volcanoes-at-dawn/ (as you know). No daylight savings here in Hawaii and I don’t miss it one bit.

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    1. You are so lucky…you and Arizona!

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  14. Wonderful photos as always, Terri. In Australia, we don’t change from summer time until 6th April. x

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  15. I’m a morning person so I sprung forward kicking and screaming. And this morning’s alarm for my husband was what jolted me awake instead of awakening on my own. With an extra hour of darkness to endure. Grrrr….I’ve sent an email to my representative letting her know I support a bill before the Maine legislature to eliminate DST for us and I wish our national reps could stop fighting long enough to know that they need to act to eliminate it! Okay, rant over. Loved your photos depicting daylight, Terri. So pretty and varied with light and shadow.

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    1. Thank you, Molly, I agree, land on a time frame and quit changing the clocks every six months! We voted on something for DST here in California, but God knows what it was.

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    1. You have all week! Great poem for Sunday Stills #daylight! So glad you joined us!

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  16. […] I’m linking up with Teri for her word prompt Daylight. […]

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  17. […] Daylight Hours – Sunday Stills / Puzzle – One Word Sunday / Occur – FOWC / Tune – RDP / Zenith – WODC / Day 10 – Spiky Monthly Squares […]

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  18. I love those windmills!

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    1. Windsurfers in the area are convinced it steals the wind away. LOL!

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  19. My bit of daylight Terri

    Daylight

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  20. […] The word prompt for Terri’s Sunday Stills: Daylight […]

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  21. I’ve been doing a happy dance all day celebrating the return of Daylight Savings! Missing a silly hour of sleep one night is well worth the extra light at the end of the day we’ll experience until fall. I would just as soon keep it daylight savings time year-round, but I guess it gets pretty dark on those winter mornings.

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    1. Oh I am happy about the DST, just why so early in March? I can walk my dogs a little later!

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      1. I’m not sure why “they” (whoever they are) have changed the start and stop dates. Of course, now that I’m retired, I guess I am the boss of when I get up and go to bed anyway 🙂

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  22. […] For Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Daylight Hours […]

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  23. Terri, all your photos are wonderful but I find the one of Aero especially interesting as he seems to be on the cusp of two worlds – or two clocks! Perfect, of course.

    I’ve never been especially bothered by DLS – it was more momentous when I was a kid as we talked about it at school, but my body adjusts easily. The more difficult problem is that some communities in the US don’t change at all.

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    1. Thank you, Shari! Aero was shadowed and reflected! a fun photo! I guess I fall into that category of being time-sensitive, glad to hear it’s not bothersome to you…it only got this way with me in the last few years!

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  24. Thanks Terri, we’re still on DST here in NSW Australia and have another few weeks before putting our clocks back an hour. Great examples of daylight in your photos especially the wind turbines – stunning! I have posted a few daylight shots from down under for this week’s prompt https://debs-world.com/2019/03/10/who-wouldnt-want-to-get-out-into-the-daylight-with-morning-views-like-these/

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  25. I love the later sunsets but hate losing my precious sleep Terri. Especially liked your red sky opener!

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    1. Thank you, Tina! I’m on my third cup of coffee for the day already this afternoon!

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  26. […] theme for Sunday Stills this week is Daylight. I hope you enjoyed some pure Tumbarumba […]

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  27. Loving your turbines 😊

    I’d forgotten north American countries were changing this weekend. Europe isn’t until end of March, and Australia/New Zealand is April, and in fact Europe has just agreed that countries can stop doing it!

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    1. Thanks, Becky! It will be nice to have more daylight hours, I’m ready for sunshine and spring weather!

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  28. Over here it’s not until March 31, I had no idea it was a different schedule from yours! But yes, it’s so silly and ridiculous. Messes up babies’ and toddlers’ sleeping rhythm too…

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    1. Ours used to be later in March or early April, I would be fine with that. I’m tired just thinking about it all, lol!

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  29. This year I miss that hour as we were in Ann Arbor at a concert last night and got home late, close to midnight and then of course the dog got me up at 5…but it was really 6 so I had no excuse not to get up and feed her. She thinks she won. I guess she did.

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    1. Eek, I might have to keep one of my wall clocks with the old time to remind me if what time my body still thinks it is! You might have to take a nap!

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  30. Ah, extra coffee, fabulous photos!
    Fantastic!
    I love having more light in the evenings but I’m with you on thinking this is WAY too early in the not-even-spring yet, to spring forward … If at all …
    Here’s my contribution, spurred perhaps by the tension between light and dark, beginnings and ends …

    Saving Daylight


    Na’ama

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    1. Thanks, Na’Ama! Looking forward to reading yours!

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  31. […] For Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge: Daylight Hours […]

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  32. Wonderful photographs, Terri.

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  33. […] Entry for Terri´s Sunday Stills Challenge. […]

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  34. Great photos, Terri. We have to wait until March 31st in the UK to put our clocks forward.

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  35. […] Sunday Stills – Daylight […]

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  36. It’s time to welcome light and spring! Gorgeous photos. And yes! I’ve already had my cup of strong coffee this morning! Grateful for it!

    Sunday Stills: remembering or not!

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    1. I am happy for the extra daylight, Elizabeth and coffee just starts it out right!

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  37. I do enjoy the lighter days, but time is abstract enough that it seems crazy we still do this. Another reason to move to AZ…
    OXOX
    Jodie
    http://www.jtouchofstyle.com

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    1. Or Hawaii…I guess I get my hour back for a few days when we travel to the Big Island next week!

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  38. […] Sharing with Sunday Stills – Daylight […]

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  39. […] Posted in response to this week’s Sunday Stills challenge on the theme of ‘Daylight.’ See more offerings here. […]

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  40. Two cups of coffee at once?! I’m totally with you on that! Awesome photos!!

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    1. I’m still working on the first large cup this morning! Thanks Donna!

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  41. Love the red sky photo, Terri. Do you know the saying “Red sky in the morning, shepherds’ are warning’? And how tall your shadow is in that second photo.
    We’ve three more weeks to go before the UK springs forward. By the time you’ve caught up, it’ll be my turn to catch up on the lost hour. I wonder where it goes until the end of October? Food for thought.

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    1. I have not heard of that saying, Hugh, but it makes sense! I wish we were on your schedule…love how your mind works!

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  42. In Sweden we change from “winter time” to “summer time” the night between Saturday and Sunday the last weekend of March. Then back again the last weekend of October.
    Lovely selection for this weeks theme! The photo with the paddlers looks so serene.

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    1. Thanks, Maria. And how interesting to read others change their time a little later!

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  43. This time thing should have ended many decades ago, it’s just pointless. Lovely photos as always!

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