Early Morning Wanderings

For reasons unknown to me, I've switched back (after a hiatus of at least two years, the onset of which I also never understood) to an early schedule - early to bed, early to rise - my routine for most of the past forty years, which has afforded the opportunity to get up and out of the house to catch the early morning light (and, have you ever noticed that everybody you meet on the street in the early morning hours - strangers and friends, alike - are quite forthcoming with a "hello" or some form of cheery greeting; not so much as the day progresses).