What’s your favorite time of day?

I’m sure there is something for everyone to love about specific times of the day. There is, however, something to be said about the way seasons and weather impact those times of day.

For instance, one of my favorites happens to be in late Spring/early Summer. There is something magical about being awake right as the sun is rising. With no clouds in the sky, light filling the world so early in the morning, all while most people are still asleep. It almost feels like walking through a dream.

At the height of Summer, right around sunset, there is another magical moment, but it also requires the right kind of scenery. It all happens at an hour when it would normally be dark. You’re sitting around a bonfire in your driveway, cold drink in hand. Across the road from you is a tree looming over a lit streetlight. Leaves and branches create a space around the light in such a way that it feels like it’s wrapped in darkness, but you can still see the light of the setting sun on the outside of the leaves, creating two separate worlds.

Similar to the Summer Sunset is the Autumn Sunset right around Halloween, but rather than at the beginning of it during Summer, this is at the end of it. With just a little chill, few clouds in the sky, and the scent of burning wood drifting through the air. As the shadows take the world around you is a near perfect moment that gives the impression of magic and darkness. It can be made especially more ominous if there is no one around.

Of course, I can’t forget Winter. Winter can actually have a couple of times of the day I enjoy, depending on weather conditions, but I do prefer one. In the dead of night, huge snowflakes floating and falling lazily. The sound of the world is softened and muted. If you’re in a city, the light pollution bouncing off the cloud cover overhead can add to the effect, but I prefer watching the snow fall under a tall streetlight. The cone of light directed at the ground becomes filled with those pillowy snowflakes and gives the appearance of a Christmas tree made of light.

There’s something to love and enjoy at all times of the day.