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As of 7:43 this morning, local time, we are into full autumn, if not fully into autumn. The equinox has occurred but the season has not matu...

Despite summer-like temperatures and humidity, Canada geese and sandhill cranes are beginning to flock up. Daylight is shortening. Bowhuntin...

Locally, Spring begins at 10:06 pm today. I’m pretending that doesn’t really count because it’s such a small percentage of the day so late i...

I hope everyone, or at least the good folks, had a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and enjoys the first day of Spring tomorrow (local time) or Wedne...

Our temperatures are consistently running above “normal” while precipitation is sparse to nonexistent. This is likely to present complicatio...

 Happy Leap Day! about to take a leap!! Photo by J. Harrington Now that we’ve taken care of that, let’s move on. Tomorrow is March 1. Mar...

By the time this is posted, we will have officially attained the Northern Hemisphere’s Autumnal Equinox. I’m sure of that because I control ...

In less than 24 hours, we in the Northern Hemisphere will observe this year’s Autumn Equinox. It occurs tomorrow at 1:50 pm CDT where we liv...

We’ve reached September. Meteorological summer is behind us. It’s slightly more than three weeks until we reach the Autumn Equinox (Saturday...

We are now less than a week from Spring Equinox. The barred owl is again on its perch in the oak tree next to the deck. The sun is shining a...

We had a barred owl visitor late yesterday. It perched on a bare, dead branch on the oak next to the rear deck. The owl’s presence didn’t se...

I saw a report yesterday on Twitter that, just a little south of our area, the first sandhill cranes of the season were heard. So far we’ve ...

In [partial] preparation for observance of spring equinox, today I bought a couple of pots of oxalis plants. The green is a nice contrast to...

The March thaw has arrived, belatedly, confirming the old saying of “better late than never.” Yesterday brought a glimpse of three of the lo...

Regardless of what Punxsutawney Phil says about his shadow, meteorological spring begins on March 1. That’s 27 days from now. Astronomical s...

In the Northern Hemisphere, it's the first day of Spring. The lack of snow cover is making us giddy. Plus, March is known for being a wi...

More and more hornets are seeking a place to spend the Winter. They've been bumping into the picture window and arriving at the screened...