Spring Equinox

Today is the first day of Spring. The vernal equinox, or spring equinox, is one of two times during the year when the length of day and the length of night are just about equal. Since last Wednesday temperatures in Chicago have exceeded 80 degrees, breaking all records. It's a running joke around the Windy City that we don't have a spring or fall but we are certainly getting a Spring this year - and just about everything is in bloom already!  Yesterday I visited the Osaka Japanese Garden on the Wooded Isle and took the following photo of magnolia blossom....which has appeared about a month earlier than usual!