Simmer dim

It was remiss of me not to take a photograph of simmer dim on the night of the summer solstice (21st June 2014) so I took one last night instead at about 23:30. It still looks like daytime and we can trot around the house without any lights on - even with the curtains drawn & blackout blinds down! It's easy to see why they are referred to as Scandinavian 'white nights'.



Simmer dim is the twilight of a Shetland summer evening when the sun dips below the horizon for only a few hours a day. Due to the position of our house we have stunning views of the sun rising from the living room and of it setting from the kitchen.

Any translations of Shetland dialect that appear in my blog are courtesy of the online dictionary at http://www.shetlanddialect.org.uk/dictionaries.

To find out more about the climate in Shetland visit http://visit.shetland.org/climate.