As Morgan Daimler had already discovered, there’s no record of the phrase “oak, ash, and thorn” before Rudyard Kipling. Specifically, they show up in his books Puck of Pook’s Hill and Rewards and Fairies, wielded by the clever hands of one Mr. Robin Goodfellow. “Oh,” I muttered, learning this. “Oh, you clever sneak.”
The idea that an egg is easier to balance on the spring equinox has since become an American urban legend, and egg-balancing events are sometimes held on that date. #Sping#Equinox#Myth#Legend#Balance#Egg#Video
Today is a #Sports#Equinox — the only day in 2023 where all four major U.S. sports leagues (#NFL, #NBA, #MLB, and #NHL) hold games on the same day. This is just the 29th day it has ever happened.
@antiquidons Hipparchos concluded that the star Spica, part of the constellation #Virgo, had moved 2° relative to the #AutumnalEquinox.
When he compared the time it took the Sun to return to an #equinox with the time it took the Sun to return to a fixed star, he found a slight discrepancy. The equinoxes were moving ("precessing") through the zodiac, and that the rate of precession was at least 1° in a century. In other words: a full cycle through the zodiac is completed every 36,000 years.
The fall #equinox and ongoing rain inspired me to harvest the last of the cherry tomatoes. I roasted them with garlic and jalapeños to make a delicious salsa verde.