Just wanted to let you know that today is a day I've been looking forward to for several months now. No, it's not the start of Christmas vacation. Today is Winter Solstice! The day when the days quit getting shorter and darker and the sun starts it's migration back to the north. In short...summer's coming! But, it's not quite that simple. In looking in to how many more minutes of daylight we'll have in the morning, I discovered that we actually end up getting less in the morning....but more in the evening. In the end, with sunrise still getting later for the next few days and sunset also getting later, it works out that (in Provo at least) we have 9 hours and 18 minutes of sunlight every day from December 17 to December 27--ten days of minimal sun light. After that, the days start getting longer and longer until June 15th to 22nd when we have 15 hours and 3 minutes of sunlight.
Just a message of encouragement....we're half way!
Cheers!
Peter
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