Goodbye, summer

Ireland, Francis S. Walker

Today is the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, and the sun is now directly above the Earth's equator.  Day and night are about the same length on the autumn and spring equinoxes, which is how the days got their name — it means "equal night" in Latin.  In the Southern Hemisphere, today marks the vernal equinox, the first day of spring.

This extreme dry spell continues, and a stretch of no rain in September is very unusual, especially followed by an August that was the driest on record in Seattle.  But it finally feels like fall this morning, cool and cloudy a slight chance of showers.  Now everyone is wondering, what will winter bring after such a strange summer?

Amanda takes her Washington state LPN certification test on Monday-- wish her luck!  She's doing well and we're all excited entering the final days of baby countdown.