Winter Solstice

Yesterday was the winter solstice which signals the official start of winter.

Wait, you may say.  It’s been consistently cold since the month of November so aren’t we already in winter??

The short answer is no.

On the winter solstice we here on the Earth experience the time when the north and south poles tilt away from the Sun.

This gives us the shortest of daylight hours and the longest of nighttime hours.

Something positive to think about is that starting today we begin to gain a bit more daylight.  

It starts slowly and you may not notice it now but eventually the change will make us believe that we will get warmer and the weather will get better..

An interesting fact about the winter solstice is that in December the Earth is actually at its closest point to the Sun.

It’s that tilt of the Earth’s axis that brings on the winter season. So close and yet so far!

Private Home Health Care hopes that you can enjoy the winter season and that mother nature will not be too harsh with us.