Autumn

When the sun rose this morning you could see that the place it made its first glimmer of appearance at your part of the world it was coming from due east. Assuming that you were up this morning and looking for the sun to peek over the horizon to kick off your new day, it may not be so terribly important to know just where due east is anyway. Equally, the sun will set at due west this evening as well, because today is the September Equinox, the first day of autumn. Yep, the sun's traverse today will cross the equator to the south at solar noon today. I would like to call that high noon, but don't think i am qualified to do that.
For me the ride, I can now expect to experience cooler mornings, see more tractors and harvest activities. And that brings more aromas like cut alfalfa and chilies. Welcome Autumn 2008.