Today is the Fall Equinox—the day in which daylight and nighttime are of (approximately) equal length. The Autumn season begins today at 2:19 pm and each day's darkness will become increasingly longer until 21 December (the Winter Solstice).
The Earth spins on an axis which "wobbles" slowly—back-and-forth—first tipping the Northern Hemisphere closer to the Sun and then tipping the Southern Hemisphere closer to the Sun. This annual tipping creates the seasonal light and temperature differences in each part of the world. Today, the axis is angled (more-or-less) straight up-and-down. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres both have "equal day and night." Starting tomorrow, the daylight will get longer in the Southern Hemisphere while it becomes shorter in the North. On-and-on the spinning and wobbling goes, giving us (remarkably) predictable seasonal foresight.
The Art Deco gold-filled cufflinks, shown above, have been machine-turned with an etched "radiant sun" design. They were made by HWK in Providence, Rhode Island, in the Thirties. Click on the photo above to learn more about them.
Though our Greenwich Village store is now permanently closed, LEO Design is still alive and well! Please visit our on-line store where we continue to sell Handsome Gifts (www.LEOdesignNYC.com).
To arrange a visit our Pittsburgh showroom (by private appointment only), please call 917-446-4248.