The Equinox

As I understand it, at 3:37 a.m. today, March 20, the sun will cross the equatorial plane.  Welcome, Spring!

Of course, the sun doesn't cross anything since it's essentially stationary from our solar system reference framework.  The Earth in its orbit has simply moved to one of the points where the sun appears exactly on the equatorial plane.  

I'm gradually coming to terms with the Daylight Saving Time shift from last weekend.  It's amazing how a one-hour shift can throw things off.  Especially without having a day job, my system lacks a Zeitgeber, a synchronizing event that can pull me into alignment with the new clock settings.  

I routinely slept until 8:00 before DST, largely to make up for lost time up in the middle of the night dealing with Henry and/or typing this blog.  Now I can easily sleep until 9:00.  

Speaking of Henry, here's a little video snippet of him getting one of his favorite ear skritches.

Here he is in his more normal pose... snoozing. 

Paddy does the same thing, but only occasionally. 

The forecast for today is set to be 75° with clouds and gusty winds in the afternoon.  We'll have to see how things turn out with the Socorro gang and the 3rd Saturday workshop.