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Although there’s nothing official about it, it’s traditional to say the March or vernal equinox signals the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Like all equinoxes, this one will provide a hallmark for the sun’s motion in our sky, marking the passage of the sun across the celestial equator, going from south to north. The coming equinox will fall on March 20, 2020, at 03:50 UTC. That’s March 19 at 10:50 p.m. Central Daylight Time for us in the central U.S In the Northern Hemisphere now, the March equinox will bring earlier sunrises, later sunsets, softer winds, sprouting plants. Meanwhile, you’ll find the opposite season – later sunrises, earlier sunset, chillier winds, dry and falling leaves – south of the equator. The equinoxes and solstices are caused by Earth’s tilt on its axis and ceaseless motion in orbit. You can think of an equinox as happening on the imaginary dome of our sky. The Earth-centered view is that t...

Welcome to Colleen's Craft Corner. Each month we will be tackling an easy to do at home craft that you can learn step by step (pictures included). If you have any suggestions for the column, please let us know!  Today we will be making bulbs in water. It's pretty much as easy at it sounds.  The Supply List: Clear Vase (glass or plastic) size of your choosing Glass Gems/Stones (at least 14 oz per vase) Flower/Plant bulbs  Water Step One: Pour/dump gems/stones (at least 14 ounces) into the vase.  Step Two: Stand bulbs (spaced) on top of gems/stones Step Three: Pour water into vase until the tip of the bulb is covered. If they are floating, you have too much water in the vase. Step Four: Keep in sunlight specified on the package and keep water level up to where it initially was in step three.   Stay tuned for updated photos of how the flowers progress! We'd love to see yours if you choo...

The spring equinox (also called the March equinox or vernal equinox) falls on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 5:58 P.M. EDT. This event marks the astronomical first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.  Full Moon: For the first time in nearly 40 years, the spring equinox will occur on the same day as March’s Full Worm Moon. The last time that these two events landed on the same date was on March 20, 1981, though they did come close again in March 2000, separated by a span of only four hours. But that’s not all: March’s full Moon will also be a supermoon, meaning that it will be slightly larger and brighter than most of the other full Moons this year. What Does Equinox Mean? The word equinox comes from the Latin words for “equal night”—aequus (equal) and nox (night). On the equinox, the length of day and night is nearly equal in all parts of the world. With the equinox, enjoy the increasing sunlight hours, with earlier dawns and later sunsets.  Q: I...

WHEN IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING? The spring equinox always occurs on either March 20 or 21.  WHAT DOES THE MARCH EQUINOX MEAN? The word equinox comes from Latin words which literally means “equal night”—aequus (equal) and nox (night). On the equinox, the length of day and night is nearly equal in all parts of the world. With the equinox, enjoy the increasing sunlight hours, with earlier dawns and later sunsets.  Q: ACCORDING TO FOLKLORE, YOU CAN STAND A RAW EGG ON END ON THE EQUINOX. IS THIS TRUE? A: Folklore or not, this egg trick sounded like fun to us. One spring, a few minutes before the vernal equinox, several Almanac editors tried this trick. For a full workday, 17 out of 24 eggs stood standing. Three days later, we tried this trick again and found similar results. Perhaps 3 days after the equinox was still too near. Perhaps the equinox has nothing to do with it. Perhaps we just don’t like to take ourselves too seriously! Try this yourself a...