Thursday 21st March 2019.....Spring!!!

First day of Spring...

Today is the official first day of Spring!!

It may not feel like it, but today is the official first day of Spring.

Also known as the Vernal Equinox, today marks the time of year when day and night are most nearly equal (roughly 12 hours each). The spring equinox will officially occur at 5:58 p.m. ET (4:48 p.m. CT). It will signal the astronomical start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of fall in the Southern.

The Spring Equinox always falls on March 19, 20 or 21.

According to the Farmer’s Almanac, today is the day the sun crosses south to north over the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator. If you were standing on the equator, the sun would pass directly overhead as it makes its way north.

After today, the Northern Hemisphere will tilt towards the sun, giving us longer, sunnier and – thankfully – warmer days.

Equinoxes are the only two times a year that sun only rises due east and sets due west.

Can you balance a raw egg on its end on the equinox?

Folklore tell us that you can balance a raw egg on its end on the equinox, something attributed to the Earth’s “balance” on that day.

While it sounds like a fun activity, there’s no basis in fact that egg balancing is any easier on the equinox, according to NASA. The U.S. space agency conducted an unscientific experiment that found it was no easier to balance an egg on the equinox than any other day. What did make it easier was finding an egg with small bumps on its shell, something that NASA said made the “seemingly impossible task achievable.”

 and a beautiful sunny and warm morning for tennis...played with a couple of new players this morning which is always fun.....

Had to go do some errands around town this morning and then went over to Gracie’s where we sat outside and played cards.....no comment on that outcome!!

Then I BBQ two steaks and we had a lovely dinner....

Latest photo of Gracie’s Grandchildren....

Just a quiet day, I don’t get too many of those!!!

Yashi Kochi!!!