Equinox

I sure felt it this morning when I went out to get the paper.  Venus hung high in the morning sky and the barest hint of sunrise tinged the eastern horizon.  The stars were blinking brightly in the chilly darkness.  So much of a change from the warm and pleasant summer we just enjoyed.

The sun's rays are falling equally on the earth now, for a couple of weeks anyway.  Soon the tilt of the earth's axis will favor the southern hemisphere giving them their summer season and bringing to us the coloring of the leaves, the pumpkins, the smell of wood smoke and apple pies.

The Autumnal Equinox - the best time of year!