Last year at the winter solstice, I began a countdown to the spring equinox on with a Facebook notation every day. My friends requested I do it again this winter. It gives us all a sense of hope in the darkest days of winter.
December 22 is the shortest day here in Seymour. The sun didn't come up until 7:28 and will leave us at 4:17 pm. That means we only have 8 hours and 49 minutes of daylight. It's not enough for me. I got up at midnight to watch the almost full moon reflecting on the snow. I could pretend it was sunlight, at least until the clouds came back with more snow. Earth moves slowly as she changes her direction. Our day will be a minute longer tomorrow, but then there will no be additional daylight time until the 28th.
The day after the 2010 spring equinox, Gary and I put our canoe in the Wolf River for our first cruise of the year. A few days earlier, the swans had returned. They are better forecasters of spring than any robins.
Eighty nine days to go!
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