And Darkness Covered the Land

It was dark yesterday morning. Very dark.

Unable to sleep, I was out of bed at 05:00 and, well, it is pretty dark at that time of the morning. I wasted some time on the computer and then headed upstairs to the kitchen at 07:00. Something was wrong. It should have been light outside, but it was not.

I then realized they set the clocks back on Sunday.

Only ... I didn't remember doing that and if the clocks had been set back an hour, the mornings would get brighter, not darker. Not only that, but I had taken my car for servicing the previous morning at 06:30 and it was reasonably light outside.

I took a closer look outside and confirmed it was indeed night time dark. I double checked the clocks and they all agreed. The clouds were heavy and low and blocking out a substantial amount of light. I called Sofia in Montreal and she confirmed that it was very dark there as well.

Even around 09:00, it was still a near dawn dark, though grey instead of red and gold.

Image nabbed from here.

It just occurred to me that I should have taken a picture, although ... my camera is not very good in low light, I had left my tripod in Montreal, my sleep deprived brain didn't think of it and, finally, it would have been significantly less exciting than the picture I've attached.