The winner of the winter flowers drawing has been randomly chosen, and the winner is:
GINA TABASSO
To claim your 100 g sample bag, please send an e-mail to olympicorchids at gmail dot com (quickest way) or leave a PM on Facebook.
Well before the spring equinox, Big Brother dictated that we would once again switch time zones, from Pacific Standard Time to Mountain Time (one zone to the east). This arbitrary change is euphemistically known as “Daylight Saving Time”. Logically, nothing is saved by cutting a segment off on one end and adding it to the other. The amount of daylight is the same no matter what you call it.
What the legislated time switch accomplishes is unclear, but to me it’s depressing to go from finally having it nice and light when I wake up to go to my “day job” to having it still dark. This is not quite accurate in my case because the cat usually wakes me up at dawn no matter what, but now that feline wake-up call comes an hour later in the official scheme of things, I’ve lost an hour of what could have otherwise been productive time in the morning before I have to be somewhere, and/or I’ve lost an hour of sleep. Do people really want to get up an hour earlier so that they can finish work an hour earlier? If so, then why don’t the morning people just do it without calling it something else? Why force everyone to do it?
Time zones were designed to coordinate with the daily cycle of the sun and, with a few exceptions, generally provide the best approximation to it. I know there are movements afoot to do away with changing the time twice a year, but please, let’s not have a permanent move into the wrong time zone!
This week I’m offering the usual 100 g of samples and whatever else I decide to throw in as extras. To enter the drawing, just leave a comment giving your thoughts on “daylight saving” time.
[All photos are mine. The colors of the crocuses were especially bright this year, maybe because they bloomed a month late.]
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When I was working daylight savings time threw me off for a day or two. The pleasure of retirement is I don’t notice the change, nor the day or the month for that matter! Love your photos!
ReplyDeleteRobin, that would be one of the good features of retirement, not to have to keep track of days and times. You're entered in the drawing.
DeleteNot being a morning person, I really enjoy that extra hour of light at night. It makes me feel like my day is longer!
ReplyDeleteNot being a morning person, I really enjoy that extra hour of light at night. It makes me feel like my day is longer!
ReplyDeleteNathalie, but you have one less hour of light in the morning - I guess that's fine as long as you can sleep in and don't have morning commitments. You're entered in the drawing.
DeleteAs i'm trying to get more fit and healthy, i look forward to the clocks 'spring forward' - brighter in mornings and evenings - more time to go out for walks before and after work. I do hate when the clocks 'go back' in the winter months... it feels like hibernation time - then the pounds go on the old body - not good!
ReplyDeletePats, I hate to tell you this, but it's not "brighter in the morning". It gets light an hour later by the clock. The amount of light stays the same. The change in day length is a natural phenomenon, with or without the time shift. You're entered in the drawing.
DeleteI live in Arizona now, so we are on Mountain time and did away with that dumb dst. It serves nothing and I hope it is done away with for the rest of the country soon.
ReplyDeleteMarion, the danger is that the whole country will be on that dumb dst the whole year round. You're entered in the drawing.
DeletePersonally, I go with the flow. I feel for trains & buses trying to keep a schedule. I love the crocuses pic!
ReplyDeleteMary, we have no choice but to go with the flow, like it or not. The crocuses have been spectacular this year, not as tall, but much brighter in color. It must have been the snow, or the extra month to incubate before blooming. You're entered in the drawing.
ReplyDeleteI love daylight savings time. I would rather have a few hours of sunlight after I get out of work than sunlight in the morning when I’m still half asleep!
ReplyDeleteTriniti, to each his/her own. I try to arrange my schedule so that I don't have to be anywhere early in the morning. Many people don't have that luxury, especially kids who have to get up and go to school in the dark. You're entered in the drawing.
DeleteI’m a morning person despite my best efforts trying to sleep in on the weekends and it’s a bit depressing waking up to darkness during spring/summer. That said, I’ve gotten use to DST and it would be a bit strange not having to “spring ahead” or “fall back”.
ReplyDeleteAnne, Some kinds of strange are good and easy to deal with. You're entered in the drawing.
DeleteDaylight savings messes with my sleep, but I do like that the sun is still out the work day is over.
ReplyDeleteNelle, the sun is out later in the evening in summer anyway, so I don't really see the point. You're in the drawing.
DeleteHi Ellen! Great read - I'm with you on this - I'm a big believer in circadian rhythm and it messes mine up to have to become alert in total darkness. Thank you for your drawings - such thoughtfulness and treasures. Of course, my favorite are the Olympic Orchids! Love the crocus - I've never seen them in person. : )
ReplyDeleteLeah, I try to respect my circadian rhythms even if the government doesn't! The crocuses were gorgeous this year. You're entered in the drawing.
ReplyDeletePeople will do anything to make them feel like they can control time.
ReplyDeleteThe joke is that they can't.
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