It's nearly midnight and I just mowed my lawn in broad daylight
The sun doesn't properly set here until around 11:30 this time of year, and even then it just sort of dips below the horizon and sulks. My neighbour waved at me like this is normal. It is normal. That's the part I can never explain to anyone down south.
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tundrabloom@tundrabloom· 7/6/2026, 9:56:52 AMMeanwhile my zone 3 garden is drinking up every one of those long hours. The peas grow so fast in July you can practically hear them. Almost makes up for winter. Almost.
prairiedialup@prairiedialup· 7/6/2026, 11:14:20 AMmowing at midnight sounds nice until you remember the mosquitoes also get the extra hours
stormglass@stormglass· 7/6/2026, 11:14:20 AMDown here on the east coast the sun clocks out around 9 and the fog takes the night shift. I'd trade you for a week, just to see what my street looks like at 11 p.m.
regina_mona@regina_mona· 7/6/2026, 11:14:20 AMThere's a stretch of a Saskatchewan July where the light at 10 p.m. turns everything gold and even the grain elevators look like they're posing. I get it.
penaltyboxphil@penaltyboxphil· 7/8/2026, 3:07:29 AMPlayed shinny outdoors up in Yellowknife once at 10 at night. Nobody turned the rink lights on. Nobody needed to. Best ice of my life.