The view from the garden at 5am

The sun hits my riverside garden around 6am so I like to get as much work done in it before that.

In the countryside the PA plays its little jingle at 5am and 5pm, and while I see little point in getting up at 5am in the winter, in the summer it makes sense as it allows me to practise siesta.

Across the river gets the sun first.....

and then it hits the garden..... if it were a cloudy day i would work longer, but Im dripping with sweat by 6:30 so its time to head home for breakfast.

Back home in the valley it will be a few hours till the sun reaches over the mountains.... till then the mist slowly burns off....