Some of you may remember a thread on "so-called daylight savings" that was posted back at the time of the Spring equinox. We were emerging from the long nights of Winter and people were glad they could change the hands of their watches and clocks and gain some extra daylight. Of course some of us said this was just shifting "time" to make it appear different.
We passed through the Summer Solstice back in June (21st), which is the longest daylight period of the year at our latitude. Today, the daylight, time between official sunrise and sunset, is 14 hours and 6 minutes. On August 26, the daylight will be 13 hours and 6 minutes. In other words, in 4 weeks, the daylight will grow shorter by an hour. It will continue to grow shorter until we hit the Winter Solstice, which will be the shortest daylight of the year at 9 hours, 31 minutes. At the equator, it is balanced at 12 hours for light, 12 hours for darkness on the Winter Solstice.
How does this affect us you may ask?

Plant growth begins to slow down, less daylight, less photosynthesis. Garden crops are growing and ripening a bit slower as we head toward mid-Summer. We need lighting inside the house earlier each evening, inching up our utility bill, and there is less time to work in the yard or garden after supper. For us, it is blessed relief to be moved out of the fields earlier each evening. Summer days are "too long, Winter days are "too short" but the equinox days are just right!