Spring!
Today is the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere. Spring begins on the day of the vernal equinox, usually March 20 but on March 21 in some years.Equi-nox means "equal night." On the equinox, the day and night are of the same length. In the northern hemisphere, the short winter days have been getting longer. Today the days are as long as the nights and tomorrow we'll have slightly more than 12 hours of daylight per day.
In the southern hemisphere, today is the autumnal equinox, as the long days have been growing shorter and after today the days will be shorter than the nights. It is the beginning of Autumn in the southern hemisphere. I have a friend in Australia who makes a point of gloating as she plants her garden and watches blooms popping up in October. I think I owe her an email.
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posted by Leslie @ 12:04 PM
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Love the pussywillows; I have them here, too. It's a cold day masquerading as winter here, but things are budding out all over in anxious preparation for warm weather!
Yay, SPRING! After a long nap, the crocusts, day lillies and tulips are poking their heads out of the soil here in Michigan. Seeds are started in flats. Won't be long...
I like this photo. The pussywillows seem to glow. You really captured the fuzziness of them well also.
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