Spring in My Step
Welcome to Petey-ological Spring! It's the morning of the change to Daylight Saving Time, so I figure many of you are grumpy over losing one tiny hour of sleep. If only you'd gone to bed, say, 60 minutes earlier. Wait . . . what a concept! I imagine my dose of frivolity might open your eyes a bit more as you growl, grin then chuckle. So what is Petey-ological Spring? Let me get to that shortly. Well, we all know (though sometime loathe to admit, oddly) that the seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth. If that tilt did not occur, the weather would not follow its expected change. Seasons, therefore, are astronomical. And the weather takes time to catch up to the astronomical event; the arrival of spring this year is with the vernal equinox at 10:46 a.m. EDT March 20. Here's more detailed information , if you like; be aware this article uses Central Daylight Time. Petey-ological Spring is my invention and it comes on the heels of weathermen and weatherwoman chortling abo...