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The spring equinox happens on the 20th at 5:37 EDT. The day and night will be the same in the Northern hemisphere as the world enters astronomical spring.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the March equinox (aka spring equinox or vernal equinox) occurs when the Sun crosses the equator line, heading north. This event marks the start of spring in the northern half of the globe. After this date, the Northern Hemisphere begins to be tilted more toward the Sun, resulting in increasing daylight hours and warming temperatures. (In the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the opposite: the March equinox marks the start of autumn, as the Southern Hemisphere begins to be tilted away from the Sun.)
Appledorn tulips,April 16th 2014, Merritt BC for Easter, Photo KDG
These tulips have bloomed in time for easter weekend here in Merritt BC. We enjoy thinking of Andrea Rogers who came to spend her live here in Merritt from Appledorn Holland. Andrea married a Canadian solder Norm who passed a few years ago. Norm was involved in the liberation of Holland in the Second World War and managed the Super Value grocery store here in Merritt. Andrea Came to Canada in 1948 and continues to live here and enjoys gardening and flowers of various kinds.
The lawn grass is beginning to turn green this week on the 19oo block of Quilchena avenue. With Easter a week away the Appledorn tulips that are a bell whether for the resurrection day remembrance have a ting of red as a precursor to blooming. A single plant in a sheltered place we are amazed that it is most often in bloom for the easter weekend regardless of whether it is in March or April.
No matter what your beliefs it is self-evident that rebirth is an astounding and energizing dynamic at this time of year.
Kevin Griffiths
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