Spring in Iselin's "Garden for the Blind"

Yesterday afternoon was marked the "Vernal Equinox." So that makes today the first full day of Spring... and everyone is excited!

I marked the beginning of Spring by taking a walk through Iselin's "Garden for the Blind."

The sun was nice and warm, and the birds were singing.  The flowers of spring were there if you looked for them... but the evidence of winter remained.  It will be a while before spring is in full swing.

 The Garden is located next to the parking lot of the Iselin Library on Green Street. It's been there for years and years. You may know how much work it takes to maintain your home garden, so it's nice that the Woodbridge Garden Club volunteers to make the extra effort to keep a garden going for the whole town to enjoy.

According to the web site infoplease, March 20 (March 21 in some years) is significant for astronomical reasons. On March 20, 2010, at precisely 1:32 P.M. EDT (March 20, 17:32 Universal Time), the Sun crossed directly over the Earth's equator. This moment is known as the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.

Translated literally, equinox means "equal night." Because the Sun is positioned above the equator, day and night are about equal in length all over the world during the equinoxes. A second equinox occurs each year on September 22 or 23; in 2010, it will be on September 22 at 11:09 P.M. EDT. This date will mark the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern (vernal denotes "spring").
"Vernal (Spring) Equinox." Infoplease.
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21 Mar. 2010 .

Enjoy this beautiful spring day!