>spot than I used to. I thought about it, and figure it must
>because the Sun is enscribing (?) a different path this time
>of the year, rather than the local trees having gotten bigger.
That's more or less it. The North Pole is pointing/tilted away from
the sun, whereas the South in pointing towards it. In six months
time the roles are reversed. So right now the sun is lower in the
sky, and up for less time, for you northerners, whereas down here
we are getting a higher sun for longer.
(Well, thats are pretty simplified explanation of it).