It's four in the morning and MY GOSH THAT's EARLY  

I commonly get up at 4:30 each day just to have some time to myself. There is so much to do when there are teens and young kids racing around. This is my time to do what I want: workout, work on the computer, drink coffee...there is nothing better that watching the sun come up on the golf course and listen to the birds start to sing. I express these things to my family: the wonderful scene of a new day but they bock at the chance of getting up any earlier than three smacks of a snooze bar. Their loss I guess.

Got any plans this summer? Packing up my class and am safe guarding the newspapers you sent a couple months ago, to share with next years class. Thanks! And welcome to a new sunrise!

You are such a wonderful husband,rising at 4.00 am.
I hope you have by now baked several pie's.
I do not know that I am overly keen on blackbird pies though.
I will have a beef one thanks.

I am a very early riser most days.
But not for any reason, other then my body telling me it has had enough of laying around.
At the moment it is our winter, so there is not much to see.
At 6.00am it is still dark outside.
Then slowly between 6.00 and 6.30 the morning sun pokes it head up above the horizan.
It is at least 7.00am before it is fully in the sky now.
I love winter, not that we have winters.
Hubby hates them, he loves the summer where he can stay outside until 7.00pm working.

Sorry got a bit carried away Pikey.

It's is about 4:30 AM now and I have to say that my favorite thing about early morning is the sound of the birds waking up. The first thing I do is open my windows to be able to hear it. It is quite energizing to hear how gung ho they are so early in the morning with their little bird songs....lol

I usually get up at 6:15 to 6:30 in the morning. It gives me enough time already fixing myself for work, though sometimes my time make me skip breakfast.

Being alive every morning makes me so grateful. I always thank God every morning for another brand new day!

I get up at 6.30 on weekdays and love to see and hear the birds. Spiders webs full of dew are more beautiful than anything man can make. It's also before the time the neighbours start with their horrible music and the sound of silence is wonderful.

When I worked as a bus driver twenty years ago I used to have to get up at 3.30 am as I was on the first shift and had to go fetch all the other bus drivers in to work.
One of the night time engineers used to come fetch me in a rickety old bus and as I stood shivering outside my gate I could hear this thing coming about two miles away from the row it made.
I would listen to the birds coughing.
It was a weird time of day and if there was anybody about you would wonder what they were up to. Just coming home after a heavy night, or just starting work, like me?
It took me years to get out of the 'shift' pattern of sleep and I still gt tired in the afternoons. Perhaps that's just my advanced age?

On occasion i get up at that time,but only if i have to.
I can spend time just looking out of my top windows,at the magnificent views,& of course theres the silence,not a single sound from afar.On occasion a fluffy cat appears from under the cars,or a bird chirps in the trees.
By the time 6am comes,the world starts again,traffic is flowing & those cats are back under the cars.
Simple but nice.

Maybe not that early unless im in dire need of a cuppa..but early morning is the best time of day..birds sing here,and we often watch the planes overhead ...the sky formation that tells you of the day ahead.But at the moment we have something special to watch,maybe not special in everyones book,but certainly in ours!Bernie and Bernice are hard at work building,I guess they are on the loft conversion by now..the amont of dedicated work that has been put into that little nest by our archway is incredible...Bernice sits yonder on a shed roof keeping watch,while Bernie lays another brick or two...well OK..twig then...but they are really dancing with delight at the prospect of these babies...Im equally as chuffed ,and have started knitting blackbird booties and have put my claim im for family tax credits....

Yes, I got up early one time to catch my train about 3am.

I have had a few early morning starts in the past or very late night finishes and it always amazes me at how peaceful everything is. I also enjoy seeing deer, I think they are delightful creatures. Years ago it used to be seeing the milkman on his rounds and waving hello but you don't see many of those anymore so really a bit like you the wonder of nature at that time of morning really. Ellie :D