SEP 22, 24 .. TODAY IS THE 2024 AUTUMNAL EQUINOX..

Today is the Autumnal Equinox. 

The Equinox occurs when the Sun is exactly above the Equator and day and night are of equal length. 

Two equinoxes occur during each year. The Vernal Equinox (Spring) and the Autumnal Equinox (Fall).

For those of us who live in Alaska, the 2024 Autumnal Equinox will occur today, Sunday, Sep 22, 2024, at 4:43am. In the Eastern Time zone it will occur at 8:43am.

For all, and maybe even more than you care to know about the equinoxes, please see the below Wikipedia link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox

In our recent post September the 16th, we asked: 

HAVE WE MISSED AUTUMN 2024?

Today, following weeks and weeks of mostly rain and dark skies, we had a great, traditional Autumn day. To celebrate both the Equinox and the really nice day, Patti and I went for a short walk to our local Sitka Street Park.

Odd, in the below photo, it looks like Patti is wearing a white face mask. It's a bit of an optical illusion!

You can see in the next photo below, that Patti is not wearing a mask.

Beautiful Autumn colors.

Patti and I really enjoy our local park. It is a very comfortable 12 minute walk from our Condo.

The children really love the "climbing rock".

No! Not every youngster is able to reach the top! 

There seems to be one, and only one, route up to the top. In these photos, that route is on the other side of the rock.

What surprises me is this. A youngster will carefully watch others successfully climb to the top of the rock.  Then, instead of attempting to emulate the successful climbers, they opt for other routes, none of which are possible.

The below young man was good. 

Patti and I have been watching youngsters climb the rock for decades, and we know REALLY good climbers. He's ranks as one of the best.

He and I really clicked when I told him how good he was. Also he wears his hair like I do and we kidded about that too!

The below photo looks up our street as we walked home from the park.

There you have it! Autumn on the day of the Equinox.

Cap and Patti

I went back into our photo archives and added the below, general interest, photos.

As I said above, the children really love the "climbing rock".

In addition to the above photo, in the below photo, my cap on top of my cane gives you an idea of the rock's height.

He looks lonely in the winter!

There you have it! Sitka Street Park in Anchorage, Alaska.