Happy first day of spring

I know, I know, it's a little wierd but then so am I.
In my sunny little world, discoloured by my rose-tinted glasses, today is the first day of spring not the first day of winter as stated in the newspaper. The sun sets one minute later tomorrow than it will today and I will be marking the progress of el sol's march northward. Yippee!
In about 10 days time when we pack away our Christmas decorations we will have gained about 10 minutes of daylight, not much, but enough to remind the early cherry trees to get into bloom. And after that there is no holding back...

So last night we broke out some champagne, lit the Christmas lights and a lot of candles in honour of the last day of darkness, and toasted the solstice.