I have been getting up and out to see the sunrise this month
It is part of a new sleep management programme I am taking part in to cure my chronic insomnia.
The photo above was taken on the hill about a mile and a half from my house.
The one below was taken whilst staying with a friend by the sea.
This one (below) was taken with my back the the setting sun. I felt so wonderfully at peace and full of gratitude in that moment.
I do take rather a lot of photos of the oak tree at the bottom of my garden.
To me it has a feminine quality.
Thank you to Nanacathy for hosting the Photo Challenge.
Sunrise light
Making mood feel bright
Good sleep tonight
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Wild Daffodil 
Absolutely amazing photos – oh how I love the purples!
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Thank you!
I love the pinks! 🙂
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All beautiful photos. I especially love the tree. Such color!!!!
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Thank you Lisa.
I had my back to the sunrise in the photo of the tree – it amazes me how the whole sky lights up sometimes.
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So sorry to read of your insomnia, Sandra – I am a real sleep advocate and try my best to support people who have difficulties, as I know how important it is. What is your new regime? I do hope you benefit from it and can reset your body clock. Lovely to see your haiku, and curiously I was thinking just yesterday about our period of writing haikus and linking it to word and photo themes too – it was a lovely albeit time sonsuming challenge! Oh and your photos are lovely too! 😉
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Thank you Cathy. I am following a Sleep Programme called Re:Sleep, which is based on scientific research spanning 20 years in UK and US. I was sceptical at first but fully trust it now.
I am to get up at exactly the same time each day, only go to bed when sleepy tired (my biggest challenge) and not spend any time in bed other than during my ‘sleep opportunity window’.
There are other things like exposure to light and early morning exercise, hence my choice to get up to see the sunrise.
I think it is my best chance of changing my poor sleep pattern.
Haiku: yes, I have been encouraged to write haiku again after Denis has returned to blogging. It makes such a difference having a haiku buddy or two.
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I wonder if it refers to Mathew Walker’s ‘Why We Sleep’, a book I highly recommend. I really hope it works for you although I am sure reprogramming your habits will be hard – but you will stick at it, I feel sure. The programme includes things that I do as a matter of course, but then again I am lucky and have never really had a problem with sleep, and have prioritised it for many many years.
I always found haikus a good mental challenge and will try and find time to dip into them again…
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Beautiful images Sandra and what a powerful haiku you have written. Just as creative as ever.
spirits lift
sunrise and sunset
energy
I must check Cathy’s challenge
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Thank you Denis.
And thank you for your Haiku! ❤
Yes, do check out the Challenge – next month's prompts are FLOWER and ROAD
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Lovely photos. Your oak is indeed a beauty.
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Thank you Anne.
She had been clipped into a torutured lollipop shape covered in honeysuckle when I came here – I have let her grow up and out reaching for the sky!
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Oh, my word! What exquisite photos, especially the first one with its lavender and red hues. I hope your new sleep regimen helps with your insomnia, but even if it doesn’t, you have those fabulous photos.
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Thank you Laurie.
I have had insomnia on and off all my life, so I’m not expecting a quick fix – the positive spin off of the programme is the encouragement to get me out into the light in the early morning – giving me a reason to see the sunrise. 🙂
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Those are exceptional pictures. Thank you
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I’m glad you enjoyed the photos.
Isn’t it amazing what our phones can capture!
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Lovely pictures Sandra! I rarely see the sunset because the sun goes below the hills to my West before there is any colour but at this time of year i can see the sunrise and sometimes it is so beautiful.
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How wonderful, to see the suunrise. I can’t see the sunrise from my house, so it gets me out in the fresh morning air, which I know is good for me!
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My house faces due South so in Midsummer the sunrise is hidden and anyway it is too early! But at this time of year I can see it from the kitchen window. I have heard that going out in the early morning light helps insomnia – I hope it works for you.
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Thank you. ❤
How lovely to see the sunrise from your kitchen at this time of year, when we need a bit of a boost.
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I especially love the last one
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Thank you Karina, the tree has become a real friend.
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Lovely to see all those gorgeous pictures. I especially like those purply violet colours you captured. I hope your insomnia is deminishing. Thank you for joining in.
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It feels lovely to have a photo challenge again – thank you!
I’m at the hard slog stage of the sleep programme, but I have to trust that it will work in the end. 🙂
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Totally advocate keeping a diary of everything you try. Optimum bedtime for me is 10.30, last drink no later than 7pm etc
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Yes, we fill in an online record of each night, that we submit to a sleep coach. We also have a friendly telephone consultation with the coach whenever we need it. The programme is very supportive, with live seminars twice a week and a Facebook group for those of us at the same stage in the programme. 🙂
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Beautiful pictures.
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Thank you.
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I don’t do it very often but I love getting up early to watch the sun rise, it always feels so peaceful and quiet. Beautiful photos.
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Thank you Margaret. Seeing the sunrise has definitely perked me up this month.
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