The Vernal Equinox
If you were up at 7:02am this morning in New York then you greeted Spring & the Vernal Equinox.
The Vernal Equinox arrived!! Spring is now officially here. Let the festivities begin. My husband and I started a new tradition last year: "The Equinox Egg Balance". This morning at breakfast my husband was able to stand this egg on axis. It is not as easy as it looks. After ten minutes of my trying and failing he was able to accomplish the mission in under one minute!! A true talent!!
From what I learned last year, the egg will balance far more often than I ever thought. It has become a most entertaining breakfast event. I only wish we did it when our kids were little as they would have appreciated the efforts.
It is an old tale associated with the Equinox that I heard when I was a child. Mom never let me play with raw eggs, so we never experimented. I am not sure where the urban legend originated, but it was thought that the gravitational pull would allow this to happen. Not true. You can balance that egg at anytime.
The translation of the word equinox comes from Latin vernal (spring) aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, night and day are about equal length. I translate this to mean that spring is soon to follow. The Vernal Equinox happens in March when the sun crosses the celestial equator from south to north. For most of us in the US it happened before sunrise. As for me? I was just getting out of bed when the alignment occured. At 7:02am the sun was peeping over the horizon without a bird in sight. There actually was an occasional snow flurry this morning.
I thought maybe you too would like to try to balance an egg. If so, here is a tutorial that will help.
So as I get ready to start the day and watch the snow melt on my front lawn I am comforted with the idea that spring really is on its way. This year a little later that last, but it is sure to arrive. Maybe I'll even find the first robin of the season in my backyard.
Janis Borgueta, a Realtor in Newburgh NY. Her blog is about living, working and Real Estate in The Hudson Valley. If you would like more information about Real Estate in Newburgh NY and Living in the Hudson Valley, please subscribe to this blog. When you are looking to buy a new home, Search the MLS for New Homes in Newburgh NY. We have homes for sale in Newburgh NY.
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