We’re getting acclimated to our new daily routines in our new city. MaryKate heads to Sacred Art School for studio and class each morning, where they get underway at 10am. I have the reverse of a typical schedule since I’m working remotely on Washington, DC-time—meaning I am free in the mornings and early afternoons, and that my work day starts at 3pm Florence-time which is 9am Washington time. And it means that on most days, my work day is wrapping up at 11pm, which affords just the right window to get 7 or so hours sleep.

Today was the perfect summer day—brilliant blues and morning light, dramatic twilight hues and shadows, and nighttime thunder and rain showers.