time to stand your eggs!

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We are now about 2 days into the vernal equinox, which began Thursday. Did you know that you can balance an egg on end and it will stay that way? No, not a hard boiled or hollowed-out egg and not that old bar trick with a little pile of salt. Just a plain old raw egg either room temperature or right out of the refrigerator. If you balance an egg on one end on a clean, dry, level surface like a counter or table it will actually stay that way. I know....that's supposed to be an old wife's tale and the equinox, when the sun passes directly over the equator, is scientifically only a sign that days and nights are of equal length, but guess what...it works! I do it every year just for fun. I had some of them stand up to a week. It amazes the kids. We have even done it for the autumnal equinox and winter solstice just to see if it will work. It does. I used to have some pictures of the ones I did the first year but can't find them now. Have you ever tried it?