I'm realizing now, I've never lived in a home with a primarily eastern exposure before. Every other apartment I've ever lived in, and there've been at least five, has faced west or north-and-south.
It's dawning (dawning!) on me that an eastern exposure may be the very best direction for temperate climates. With hot summers and cold winters. In summer, the home is in shade by noon and throughout the hottest part of the day. In winter, the sun warms the house in the morning, the coldest hours of daylight and when the occupants are starting their day. At night, the occupants are under blankets.
Plus those of us with something like seasonal affective disorder get a strong dose of sun first thing in the morning, to start our day.
This is my bit of a blog. Rambling words about rambling days. No focus and nothing ambitious. I seem to write most about local color, nature, and animals, and there is an incomplete chunk about my road trips of 2011.
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