Happy Winter Solstice

Today is the winter solstice, the shortest “day” of the year as well as the first day of winter.  Because of the tilt of the earth’s axis, the sun moves through the sky throughout the year.  In the Northern Hemisphere, this means that today is the lowest the sun will sink in the sky, which gives us the least amount of daylight.  From here on out, the days will be getting longer, and spring can’t be too far off, or can it…

…with the first day of winter we’re also getting ready to say goodbye to the warm temperatures we’ve been having.  Its going to be back down below freezing for the next couple of nights after a cold front passes.  Hopefully we haven’t seen the last of the 70’s in December, though.