Spring

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The Season

crisp morning
Daylight Savings Time
early spring
end of spring
gray May
rainy season
spring
spring morning
spring rain
spring storm
spring wind
warmer days

Sky and Heavens

changing skies
Dog Star
flower moon
Leo
morning mist
Orion
pink moon
Sirius
snow moon
spring constellations
spring sky
Ursa Major
vernal equinox
Virgo
warm spring breeze
worm moon

Mountains, Fields and Ocean

first greening
fresh grass
green hills
remaining snow
snow-capped mountains
snowmelt
snow run-off
spring fields
spring mudspring sea
spring tides
thickened Bermuda grass
trail work
wildflower fields

Flowers and Plants

apricot blossom
buds on bare branches
camellias
California poppy
ceanothus / California lilac
cherry blossom
daffodil shoots
Dutch iris
evergreen pear
first wildflowers
Japanese magnolia
jonquils
ocotillo blossoms
pear blossoms (early Spring)
planting summer bulbs
spring wildflowers
sugar bush blooms
jade plant blossom
teddy bear cholla
tulip tree
wild mushrooms

Birds and Animals

American coot
American robin
baby island foxes
baby opossums
baby rabbits
barn swallow
black phoebe
breeding plumage
California quail
California towhee
coyote pups
cutworms
deer fawn
dogs/horses shedding
gray squirrel litters
great egret
grebes
green heron
ground squirrel litters
harbor seal pups
hawks
lady bugs
lizards
mourning dove
nesting birds
nuthatchnew snails
osprey
palm rats (newborns squealing)
peregrine falcon
rattlesnakes emerging
raven
returning swallows
scrub jay
song sparrow
sparrows
terns
turkey vulture
Western gulls
white-throated swift
wood duck
woodpeckers
wren, wren song
wren tit

Human Affairs

allergy season
Ash Wednesday
baby strollers
baseball season starts
Chinese lantern festival
Chinese New year
Cinco de Mayo
city elections
college acceptance/rejection letters
Easter
Festival of Books
French Open
Groundhog Day
IRS refunds, tax returns
kites
Lent
Mardi Gras
Memorial Day
mid-season baseball
Mother's Day
National Poetry Month
Oscar awards
planting summer vegetables
President's Day
Purim
Renaissance Faire
spring break
spring cleaning
spring dresses
St. Patrick's Day, green beer, shamrocks
St. Joseph's Day
umbrellas
vacation plans
Valentine's Day
wedding invitations

Summer

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The Season

100 degrees weather
climbing temperatures
cool, coolness
crisp morning
dog days
early summer
first heat wave
heat stroke
intense heat
June gloom
lengthening days
long days
slow day
summer, summer days
too hot to go outside

Sky and heavens

billowing clouds
cooling breeze
dog star
hail storrm
milky way
morning fog, summer fog
Perseids
Pleiades
river of stars
scorching sun
strawberry moon
sturgeon moon
sudden shower
summer breeze
summer constellations
summer sky
summer solstice
tanabana

Mountains, Fields and Ocean

beach, crowded beach
deep shade
dry grass
dry fields, yellow fields
dried-up creeks, dry waterfall
jellyfish
kelp forest
smog, smog-hidden mountains
summer lake
summer mountains
summer sea

Flowers and Plants

apricots
berries
bush mallow
century plant stalks
cherries
clover blossoms
coffeeberry
crepe myrtle
cucumber
daisies
dancing ladies
evening primrose
geraniums
grapes
herbs
hibiscus
hollyhocks
honeysuckle
hydrangea
late jacaranda
late poppies
lavender, lavendula
magnolia
melons
monkey flower
orchids
peaches
peppers
plums
roses
star jasmine
strawberry
sunflowers
tomatoes
vegetables
zinnias
zucchini

Birds and Animals

ants
baby koi
bats
blue damselfly
blue jays
blue whales
brown pelicans
butterflies
caterpillar
cormorant
ducklings
egrets
fledglings
giant green anemone
great blue heron
house fly
hummingbirds
lizards
louder birds
mockingbirds
molting seals
mosquito
moth
raccoons weaning
seagulls
sea otter
snail
spider
surf birds
tree frogs
wasps
yellow jackets
young gulls

Human Affairs

air conditioning, fans
boating
back-to-school sales
barbeque
beach outings
beach house
camping
end of school
Father's Day
Fourth of July
fireworks
graduation
high electric bill
high school reunions
Hiroshima Day
Hollywood Bowl
leaving for college
marshmallow roast
outdoor concert
picnic
power outage, brown out
strawberry stand (late spring, early summer)
summer camp
summer fair, summer carnival
summer Shakespeare
summer vacation
sunburn
sunglasses
sunscreen
swimming, swimming pool
swimming suit, bikini
water skis
weddings
wind chimes
wind surfing, kite surfing

Autumn

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The Season

autumn
autumn air
autumn day
autumn dusk
autumn rain
beginnning of autumn, late autumn
colder nights, cooler nights
first rain
Indian summer
morning fog
Santa Ana wind (late autumn, early winter)
Standard Time
summer's end

Sky and Heavens

Andromeda
autumn light
autumn sky
autumn wind
autumnal equinox
autumn star (Fomalhaut)
Cassiopeia
dark after work
early dark
great square of Pegasus
harvest moon
hunter's moon
Leonids (Nove 17-19)
moon (in all its phases)
Orionids (Oct 21 & 22)
Pisces
Saturn at first light
shortening days, shorter days
Spiral Galaxy
warm winds (early)
wind in dry leaves

Mountains, Fields and Ocean

autumn sea
brush fires, wild fires
California sagebrush / cowboy cologne
dead grass
dry fields, brown fields
dry giant rye
dry grass
dry stream beds
dry waterfalls
falling leaves
harvest, harvesting

Flowers and Plants

apples
aster
changing leaves
chrysanthemum
corn stubble
coyote melon / coyote gourd / stinky gourd
cranberries
first fallen leaves
gingko trees
gourds
grass seed
green oak apples (wasp galls)
green toyon berries
Hong Kong orchid tree (blooming)
Indian corn
leaf litter
maple leaves
Mexican elderberry (dying back)
milkweed (seed pods split, silky fibers)
morning glories
nuts
pearly everlasting
pumpkins
red leaves
ripening persimmons
root vegetables
rose hips
silk floss tree (blooming)
soap root fibers
squash
sugar bush berries
sycamore leaves

Birds and Animals

Canada goose
crickets
dragonflies
grasshoppers
gray whale migration (starts end of Nov)
horned grebe
migrating birds
monarch butterfly migration
red-throated loon, common loon
squirrels gathering
white-crowned sparrow
white pelican

Human Affairs

All Soul's Day, Halloween
back-to-school (book covers, new teachers, school supplies, school clothes)
basketball season (start of)
Christmas catalogs
college midterms
country fair
El Dia de los Muertos
Election Day (Nov)
football
Labor Day
pumpkin pie
Thanksgiving
turkey dinner
Veterans' Day
waterfowl game season

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Winter

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The Season

beginning of winter
chilly night
first frost
first storm
fog
freezing
New year
rainy season
Santa Ana wind (late autumn, early winter)
shortest day
tule fog
winter
winter solstice
winter wind

Sky and Heavens

Ares
clear night
cold nights
early sunset
Geminids (Dec 13-14)
longer shadows
long nights
low sun
Orion
Quadrantids (Jan 3-4)
Venus / evening star
winter moon
winter sky

Mountains, Fields and Ocean

barren fields
fallen leaves
first snow
highest high tide
lowest low tide
rye grass
snow cap, snow-capped mountains
winter grass
winter sea, winter shore

Flowers and Plants

azaleas
bare branches
bare root (roses, fruit trees)
bare trees
buds
camellia buds
Christmas begonia
Christmas cactus (kalanchoe)
currents
early camellias, winter camellias
gooseberries
Japanese magnolia
kumquat
liquid amber (only a few leaves left)
manzanita blossoms
oranges, Mandarin oranges
pecans dropping
poinsettia
splat persimmons
spring bulbs (must plant before Dec 25)
sugar bush blooms
tangerines
toyon berries (red, sometimes yellow)
tulip tree
winter chrysanthemum

Birds and Animals

American coots
Anna's hummingbird (peak nesting)
black-vented shearwaters leaving
cats mating
coyote breeding
cry of the deer
deer lose antlers
grey bobcat
hibernation
overwintering monarch butterflies
owl
raccoon breeding
red-tailed hawk
ruby-crowned kinglet
squirrels digging
throngs of birds
waterfowl
whales calving
whale migration peak
winter coats, heavy coats
winter sparrow
wood ducks

Human Affairs

bean soup
boots
Christmas (bells, candles, cards, carols, decorations, gifts, ribbon, stockings, trees, tree lots, wreaths, etc.)
Christmas bonus
Epiphany (Three Kings Day)
fireplace
flu, influenza, flu shots, cough
gloves, mittens
Hanukkah
hot apple cider
hot chocolate
ice skating
Kwanzaa
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
New Year's Day
pruning
Rose Bowl
Rose Parade
Santa, store Santas
scarf, muffler
See's candy
shopping, shopping malls
skis, skiing
Superbowl
tamales
winter coat, overcoat
winter travel

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