Winter
- 2020: Winter Solstice - December 21 (02:02 PST)
- 2019: Winter Solstice - December 21
- 2016: Quadrantid meteor shower - January 3/4; best shower of year, near North Star
- 2015: Winter Solstice - December 21 (20:48 PST)
- 2013: Geminids meteor shower - December 13/14; (mid-evening until dawn)
- 2014: Winter Solstice - December 21 (15:03 PST)
- 2013: Winter Solstice - December 21 (09:11 PST)
- 2013: Quadrantid meteor shower - January 3/4; best shower of year, near North Star
- 2012: Winter Solstice - December 21 (03:12 PST)
- 2011: Quadrantid meteor shower - Jan 3: (05:00); best shower of year, 100 /hr, near North Star
- 2011: Lunar Eclipse - Dec 10: (Mid Eclipse: 06:06 to 06:57)
- 2011: Winter Solstice - December 21 (15:38 PST)
January 6, 2011
The Pussy Willows have started to pop out beside the Cunningham Pond near the Petch Bldg!! ... The Indian Plum buds are swelling and almost opening on Bowker Creek Trail; Nodding Onions are up 1-2" in SSMB Courtyard & First Nations Gardens
The Native Plant Garden pond is overflowing the banks along the path again, because of all the rain.
December 24, 2010
Looking for more signs of seasonal change, to see if the plants give any indication of how long winter might last ... Cattail leaves are poking out of the swampy mud 2"-6", Indian Plum leaf buds are turning green
The deer are out browsing - they seem to like Ivy; I also heard two bucks clacking their antlers together, displaying their strength & skill before proceding to browse the ivy together
I discovered a small creek leading into the Bowker Creek headwater pond by the Faculty Club, coming from under the Circle road ... where this creek empties into the pond, a Great Blue Heron poised fishing among the young cattail shoots
I heard a bell in the bush, assuming it was a cat, when a Hawk flew up to an Alder tree branch, before flying off, accompanied by the sound of it's bell (no human handler to be seen ...)
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Tags: Animals, Birds, Photos, Plants, Place
December 22, 2010
Looking for signs of seasonal change, to see if the plants give any indication of how long winter might last ... Stinging Nettles are starting to grow near the Bowker Creek Trail entrance, Indian Plum leaf buds are swelling, Paper Birch catkins starting to form and lengthen, apparent in silhouette in the dusk sky, & more Witch Hazel blossoms are opening to their full glory
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December 21, 2010
Winter Solstice: (15:38 PST)
Tags: Sky
December 20, 2010
I was able to get some photos of the Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse, just before the 70 km/hr winds blew the clouds in; Eclipse Begins: Dec 20 - 22:33; Mid Eclipse: Dec 20 - 23:41; Eclipse Ends Dec 21 - 00:17; (A lunar eclipse at time of Winter Solstice is A rare event!)
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