Winter Morning

My mornings in the winter are dark as night - how can that be? Even if I rise later than my normal time, the outside is still hidden in darkness.

I prefer to wake to an amazing sunrise - sky sporting a thin line of amazing color just above the mountain ridges...color expanding to wider bands of multiple hues...a large ball of brightness rising sharply in the eastern sky. 

Solution...either enjoy this late sunrise hours after I have risen, or stay in bed a few hours longer - easy!