It seemed too cliché to be true, but spring really seemed to kick into high gear on March 19th.
I find that date significant: our latitude’s spring equinox, the day when hours of light and dark balance out, fell on March 18th this year. The “official” spring equinox, the one on the calendars, fell on March 20th (see An Unequal Vernal Equinox). On the day between, everything seemed to click, we tipped the balance from wintry weather to spring. Spring broke, one might say.
Spring breaks! It’s finally feeling, and looking like, spring (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
