No rain, but much light

Peter & I were working at the Redmond office until about 9:30 PT last night. Seattle gets a bad rap for having lots of rain, and– true to form– it was mostly overcast most of the time I was here. However, in the summer months I’m always struck by how late daylight extends. Since I was born and raised in the South, and have lived there almost my entire life, I never cease to be a little disconcerted by the fact that at 9pm (or later!) it’s still light enough to read a newspaper. The Qur’anic definition of dawn is the time when you can distinguish a black thread from a white one, so I suppose the reverse is true. Using that logic, dusk here doesn’t fall until around 10pm, or later, this close to the summer solstice. Weird. The fact that it’s only about 60F outside doesn’t help, either.