Sunday is Saint Brigid’s Day, One Of The Four Traditional “Cross-Quarter” Days midway between the solstices and the equinoxes. It’s named after Brigantia, the Celtic female deity of light, because the sun is halfway along …
January 27, 2025
Groundhogs are members of the rodent family. They are also known as woodchucks or whistlepigs.
Posted January 29, 2017
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Hummingbirds are diving in defense, gaining one minute of daylight per day
Hummingbirds are zipping around San Diego County’s backyard gardens, scrub-covered coastal hillsides, and the warming Anza-Borrego Desert. Seasonal hummingbirds are making their way back to Southern California in preparation for breeding season in early Spring. …
January 29, 2024
Pear Blossoms Blooming, "Green Comet," Groundhog Day in San Diego
Ornamental Pear Trees are bursting into bloom all over town. The thousands of white blossoms appear in sheets and clusters, rather like snow when viewed from a distance. Nice specimens can be seen along Lake …
January 30, 2023
Groundhog Day meaningless in San Diego
Groundhog Day arrives Thursday, February 2. If the sleepy woodchuck sees his shadow, so the story goes, he’ll hole up for another six weeks of winter cold. None of this means much in San Diego, …
January 31, 2017