Early

Herself got up very early this morning to deliver Cherished Friend to the airport for a trip.  On the way home, she realized that this desert land is really quite lovely in the wee hours, when there is a speck of moisture in the air and the blazing sun has not yet taken hold. Perhaps we should consider arising before dawn more often.

So very early: 

It will be another two hours, still, before the sky looks like this.