tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62952427019345003712011-08-01T14:17:54.510-07:00Southern California Season Wordscourtesy of the SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAIKU STUDY GROUPSoCalnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295242701934500371.post-67905326619953565592010-03-10T02:14:00.000-08:002010-03-12T22:07:36.744-08:00Spring<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: white;">.</span><br />The Season</span><br /><blockquote>crisp morning<br />Daylight Savings Time<br />early spring<br />end of spring<br />gray May<br />rainy season<br />spring<br />spring morning<br />spring rain<br />spring storm<br />spring wind<br />warmer days</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sky and Heavens</span><br /><blockquote>changing skies<br />Dog Star<br />flower moon<br />Leo<br />morning mist<br />Orion<br />pink moon<br />Sirius<br />snow moon<br />spring constellations<br />spring sky<br />Ursa Major<br />vernal equinox<br />Virgo<br />warm spring breeze<br />worm moon</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mountains, Fields and Ocean</span><br /><blockquote>first greening<br />fresh grass<br />green hills<br />remaining snow<br />snow-capped mountains<br />snowmelt<br />snow run-off<br />spring fields <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>spring mudspring sea<br />spring tides<br />thickened Bermuda grass<br />trail work<br />wildflower fields</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Flowers and Plants</span><br /><blockquote>apricot blossom<br />buds on bare branches<br />camellias<br />California poppy<br />ceanothus / California lilac<br />cherry blossom<br />daffodil shoots<br />Dutch iris<br />evergreen pear<br />first wildflowers<br />Japanese magnolia<br />jonquils<br />ocotillo blossoms<br />pear blossoms (early Spring)<br />planting summer bulbs<br />spring wildflowers<br />sugar bush blooms<br />jade plant blossom<br />teddy bear cholla<br />tulip tree<br />wild mushrooms</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birds and Animals</span><br /><blockquote>American coot<br />American robin<br />baby island foxes<br />baby opossums<br />baby rabbits<br />barn swallow<br />black phoebe<br />breeding plumage<br />California quail<br />California towhee<br />coyote pups<br />cutworms<br />deer fawn<br />dogs/horses shedding<br />gray squirrel litters<br />great egret<br />grebes<br />green heron<br />ground squirrel litters<br />harbor seal pups<br />hawks<br />lady bugs<br />lizards<br />mourning dove<br />nesting birds<br />nuthatchnew snails<br />osprey<br />palm rats (newborns squealing)<br />peregrine falcon<br />rattlesnakes emerging<br />raven<br />returning swallows<br />scrub jay<br />song sparrow<br />sparrows<br />terns<br />turkey vulture<br />Western gulls<br />white-throated swift<br />wood duck<br />woodpeckers<br />wren, wren song<br />wren tit</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Human Affairs</span><br /><blockquote>allergy season<br />Ash Wednesday<br />baby strollers<br />baseball season starts<br />Chinese lantern festival<br />Chinese New year<br />Cinco de Mayo<br />city elections<br />college acceptance/rejection letters<br />Easter<br />Festival of Books<br />French Open<br />Groundhog Day<br />IRS refunds, tax returns<br />kites<br />Lent<br />Mardi Gras<br />Memorial Day<br />mid-season baseball<br />Mother's Day<br />National Poetry Month<br />Oscar awards<br />planting summer vegetables<br />President's Day<br />Purim<br />Renaissance Faire<br />spring break<br />spring cleaning<br />spring dresses<br />St. Patrick's Day, green beer, shamrocks<br />St. Joseph's Day<br />umbrellas<br />vacation plans<br />Valentine's Day<br />wedding invitations</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6295242701934500371-6790532661995356559?l=socal-kigolist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SoCalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295242701934500371.post-17843911448581942922010-03-09T03:29:00.000-08:002010-03-12T23:50:19.561-08:00Summer<span style="color: white;">.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Season</span><br /><blockquote>100 degrees weather<br />climbing temperatures<br />cool, coolness<br />crisp morning<br />dog days<br />early summer<br />first heat wave<br />heat stroke<br />intense heat<br />June gloom<br />lengthening days<br />long days<br />slow day<br />summer, summer days<br />too hot to go outside</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sky and heavens</span><br /><blockquote>billowing clouds<br />cooling breeze<br />dog star<br />hail storrm<br />milky way<br />morning fog, summer fog<br />Perseids<br />Pleiades<br />river of stars<br />scorching sun<br />strawberry moon<br />sturgeon moon<br />sudden shower<br />summer breeze<br />summer constellations<br />summer sky<br />summer solstice<br />tanabana</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mountains, Fields and Ocean</span><br /><blockquote>beach, crowded beach<br />deep shade<br />dry grass<br />dry fields, yellow fields<br />dried-up creeks, dry waterfall<br />jellyfish<br />kelp forest<br />smog, smog-hidden mountains<br />summer lake<br />summer mountains<br />summer sea</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Flowers and Plants</span><br /><blockquote>apricots<br />berries<br />bush mallow<br />century plant stalks<br />cherries<br />clover blossoms<br />coffeeberry<br />crepe myrtle<br />cucumber<br />daisies<br />dancing ladies<br />evening primrose<br />geraniums<br />grapes<br />herbs<br />hibiscus<br />hollyhocks<br />honeysuckle<br />hydrangea<br />late jacaranda<br />late poppies<br />lavender, lavendula<br />magnolia<br />melons<br />monkey flower<br />orchids<br />peaches<br />peppers<br />plums<br />roses <br />star jasmine<br />strawberry<br />sunflowers<br />tomatoes<br />vegetables<br />zinnias<br />zucchini</blockquote><b>Birds and Animals</b> <br /><blockquote>ants<br />baby koi<br />bats<br />blue damselfly<br />blue jays<br />blue whales<br />brown pelicans<br />butterflies<br />caterpillar<br />cormorant<br />ducklings<br />egrets<br />fledglings<br />giant green anemone<br />great blue heron<br />house fly<br />hummingbirds<br />lizards<br />louder birds<br />mockingbirds<br />molting seals<br />mosquito<br />moth<br />raccoons weaning<br />seagulls<br />sea otter<br />snail<br />spider<br />surf birds<br />tree frogs<br />wasps<br />yellow jackets<br />young gulls</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Human Affairs</span><br /><blockquote>air conditioning, fans<br />boating<br />back-to-school sales<br />barbeque<br />beach outings<br />beach house<br />camping<br />end of school<br />Father's Day<br />Fourth of July<br />fireworks<br />graduation<br />high electric bill<br />high school reunions<br />Hiroshima Day<br />Hollywood Bowl<br />leaving for college<br />marshmallow roast<br />outdoor concert<br />picnic<br />power outage, brown out<br />strawberry stand (late spring, early summer)<br />summer camp<br />summer fair, summer carnival<br />summer Shakespeare<br />summer vacation<br />sunburn<br />sunglasses<br />sunscreen<br />swimming, swimming pool<br />swimming suit, bikini<br />water skis<br />weddings<br />wind chimes<br />wind surfing, kite surfing</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6295242701934500371-1784391144858194292?l=socal-kigolist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SoCalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295242701934500371.post-111702431903949502010-03-08T05:53:00.000-08:002010-03-12T23:52:51.142-08:00Autumn<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: white;">.</span><br />The Season</span></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn air</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn day</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn dusk</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn rain</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">beginnning of autumn, late autumn</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">colder nights, cooler nights</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">first rain</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Indian summer</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">morning fog</span><br />Santa Ana wind (late autumn, early winter)<br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Standard Time</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">summer's end</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sky and Heavens</span></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;">Andromeda</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn light</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn sky</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn wind</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumnal equinox</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn star (Fomalhaut)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Cassiopeia</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">dark after work</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">early dark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">great square of Pegasus</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">harvest moon</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">hunter's moon</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Leonids (Nove 17-19)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">moon (in all its phases)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Orionids (Oct 21 & 22)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Pisces</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Saturn at first light</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">shortening days, shorter days</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Spiral Galaxy</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">warm winds (early)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">wind in dry leaves</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mountains, Fields and Ocean</span></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;">autumn sea</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">brush fires, wild fires</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">California sagebrush / cowboy cologne</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">dead grass</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">dry fields, brown fields</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">dry giant rye</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">dry grass</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">dry stream beds</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">dry waterfalls</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">falling leaves</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">harvest, harvesting</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Flowers and Plants</span></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;">apples</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">aster</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">changing leaves</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">chrysanthemum</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">corn stubble</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">coyote melon / coyote gourd / stinky gourd</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">cranberries</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">first fallen leaves</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">gingko trees</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">gourds</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">grass seed</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">green oak apples (wasp galls)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">green toyon berries</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Hong Kong orchid tree (blooming)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Indian corn</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">leaf litter</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">maple leaves</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Mexican elderberry (dying back)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">milkweed (seed pods split, silky fibers)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">morning glories</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">nuts</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">pearly everlasting</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">pumpkins</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">red leaves</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">ripening persimmons</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">root vegetables<br />rose hips</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">silk floss tree (blooming)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">soap root fibers</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">squash</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">sugar bush berries</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">sycamore leaves</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birds and Animals</span></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;">Canada goose</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">crickets</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">dragonflies</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">grasshoppers</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">gray whale migration (starts end of Nov)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">horned grebe</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">migrating birds</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">monarch butterfly migration</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">red-throated loon, common loon</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">squirrels gathering</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">white-crowned sparrow</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">white pelican</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Human Affairs</span></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;">All Soul's Day, Halloween</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">back-to-school (<span style="font-size: 85%;">book covers, new teachers, school supplies, school clothes</span>)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">basketball season (start of)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Christmas catalogs</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">college midterms</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">country fair</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">El Dia de los Muertos</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Election Day (Nov)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">football</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Labor Day</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">pumpkin pie</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Thanksgiving</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">turkey dinner</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">Veterans' Day</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">waterfowl game season</span></blockquote><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">...</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6295242701934500371-11170243190394950?l=socal-kigolist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SoCalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295242701934500371.post-31942244274852456082010-03-06T06:13:00.000-08:002010-03-12T22:09:56.423-08:00Winter<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: white;">.</span><br />The Season</span><br /><blockquote>beginning of winter<br />chilly night<br />first frost<br />first storm<br />fog<br />freezing<br />New year<br />rainy season<br />Santa Ana wind (late autumn, early winter)<br />shortest day<br />tule fog<br />winter<br />winter solstice<br />winter wind</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sky and Heavens</span><br /><blockquote>Ares<br />clear night<br />cold nights<br />early sunset<br />Geminids (Dec 13-14)<br />longer shadows<br />long nights<br />low sun<br />Orion<br />Quadrantids (Jan 3-4)<br />Venus / evening star<br />winter moon<br />winter sky</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mountains, Fields and Ocean</span><br /><blockquote>barren fields<br />fallen leaves<br />first snow<br />highest high tide<br />lowest low tide<br />rye grass<br />snow cap, snow-capped mountains<br />winter grass<br />winter sea, winter shore</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Flowers and Plants</span><br /><blockquote>azaleas<br />bare branches<br />bare root (roses, fruit trees)<br />bare trees<br />buds<br />camellia buds<br />Christmas begonia<br />Christmas cactus (kalanchoe)<br />currents<br />early camellias, winter camellias<br />gooseberries<br />Japanese magnolia<br />kumquat<br />liquid amber (only a few leaves left)<br />manzanita blossoms<br />oranges, Mandarin oranges<br />pecans dropping<br />poinsettia<br />splat persimmons<br />spring bulbs (must plant before Dec 25)<br />sugar bush blooms<br />tangerines<br />toyon berries (red, sometimes yellow)<br />tulip tree<br />winter chrysanthemum</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birds and Animals</span><br /><blockquote>American coots<br />Anna's hummingbird (peak nesting)<br />black-vented shearwaters leaving<br />cats mating<br />coyote breeding<br />cry of the deer<br />deer lose antlers<br />grey bobcat<br />hibernation<br />overwintering monarch butterflies<br />owl<br />raccoon breeding<br />red-tailed hawk<br />ruby-crowned kinglet<br />squirrels digging<br />throngs of birds<br />waterfowl<br />whales calving<br />whale migration peak<br />winter coats, heavy coats<br />winter sparrow<br />wood ducks</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Human Affairs</span><br /><blockquote>bean soup<br />boots<br />Christmas <span style="font-size: 85%;">(bells, candles, cards, carols, decorations, gifts, ribbon, stockings, trees, tree lots, wreaths, etc.)</span><br />Christmas bonus<br />Epiphany (Three Kings Day)<br />fireplace<br />flu, influenza, flu shots, cough<br />gloves, mittens<br />Hanukkah<br />hot apple cider<br />hot chocolate<br />ice skating<br />Kwanzaa<br />Martin Luther King, Jr. Day<br />New Year's Day<br />pruning<br />Rose Bowl<br />Rose Parade<br />Santa, store Santas<br />scarf, muffler<br />See's candy<br />shopping, shopping malls<br />skis, skiing<br />Superbowl<br />tamales<br />winter coat, overcoat<br />winter travel</blockquote><span style="color: #cccccc;">...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6295242701934500371-3194224427485245608?l=socal-kigolist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SoCalnoreply@blogger.com