I'm with you about counting the daylight hours. I have a certain window in the morning where I can go outside without a flash light. Lol, I'm a morning person.

I'm sorry about Leone's sister-in-law. It's never easy losing a loved one.

Sounds like you are keeping busy, and now you've got me curious about the Faroe Islands (and the Pony Express). Wikipedia, here I come!

I don't know about the shorter days - to me August is just about perfect, It is brutally hot a lot of time, but evening comes just a smidgen earlier and things cool a bit more in my neck of the woods, anyway. the light changes in early August from the brassy yellows to a mellow gold, and the shadows lengthen just enough.
Gardening takes a rest, watering is easing and everything is about what it should be, tomatoes are getting it on - here in Northern California I think it's ideal

Did not think about the shorter days, but was wondering where the last 4 months went when I changed my calendar a few minutes ago. I am not in favor of daylight saving time since I too am an early riser and like the early morning light.
When I still worked I considered it one of the perks of the job that I met people from all over the world.

I'm a wuzz when it comes to going out in the dark and seeing big green eyes staring at me from the fence and critters scurring around.
Every friday morning, before 6am, I take the trash cans out to the curb. DH put in a couple of flood lights to the back patio, with a switch inside the house, and a couple of sensor flood lights on the side patio, leading to the trash cans.
The neighbor's sensor flood lights turn on once I reach the back gate and light up the drive way.
I'm glad to see daylight before 6am, and I mark it on my calendar.

I love the long days and am in my element. Like Lilo, I do think August is my fav month, however. It's the decadent month where we get to wallow in heat and sitting outside into the late hours.......before the snap of early autumn. It's the hottest month here, around the clock.