the nights are getting shorter...

The trouble with spring is that it starts to get light too early.
As the owner of three hyperactive dogs who are up and about as soon as the sun leaves Australia, this is a complete pain in the backside. This morning, all three dogs were on the bed before six o'clock, noses poised a careful two centimetres from my face, ready for any sign of wakefulness to bring on a frenzy of tongue lashing. Believe me, after that, I'll get up.