Today is the day we have been waiting for. Today is the Spring Equinox and the first day of Spring. Not that we really need an official day, many of us will already have been in the garden and started sowing for the new season, but it is nice when today comes along. A season of hope and amazement.
I'll be trying to educate my son later, telling him about today, heres the science bit :-)
Equinox translates from Latin to English as 'equal night'. Supposedly today will have equal night and day, this isn't strictly true, but I'm not going to spoil the meaning of today. At 16.57 GMT the Sun will pass over the equator and the Earth's axis will neither tilt towards or away from the Sun. For us in the Northern Hemisphere, this our Spring Equinox. Down in the Southern Hemisphere its their Autumnal Equinox.
But for us gardeners and our weird British weather, many of us will be forgiven for thinking Spring was already here. Spring bulbs are flowering, theres Blossom on the trees and this last week or two has seen some beautiful weather.
But lets just stick with tradition and what today means. The day of rebirth and the start of a season :-)
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