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Friday Feb 10 | Daily Kos

The Daily Bucket - a sound in the forest

The Daily Bucket is a place where we post and exchange our observations about what is happening in the natural world in our neighborhood.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

MyKawartha.com

Festival of the Trees brings in $140,000

This year's event, themed "City Sidewalks," raised $140,000 to support Hospice Peterborough, the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation and the Greater Peterborough Health Services Foundation.

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

NewsOK.com

Strange but True: Groundhog Day: Real or farce?

A. The event often revolves around one particular Pennsylvania groundhog emerging from its burrow to look for its shadow cast by the rising Sun.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Groundhog Day, Astronomy, Science, Offbeat

Sun Feb 05, 2012

Patch.com

On the Fly - It Might As Well Be Spring

A The vernal equinox happens on March 19 this year, but the first poppies are already blooming and the first buckeyes are leafing out, and the finches are singing.* We'll have more cold weather and more rain, I hope, but for all intents and purposes, spring has come to the Bay Area.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

Colorado Daily

Boulder's Flatiron Freddy doesn't see shadow, early spring on the way

In Pennsylvania, the venerable groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow today and saw his shadow, leading officials to declare there would be six more weeks of winter.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Groundhog Day

Examiner.com

Blessed Imbolc

Today is the Sabbat of imbolc also known as Oimelc or Candlemas. Imbolc, deriving from the words that mean "in milk', is the Sabbat marking the beginning of the melting of the snow and the time that the animals began to show signs of being pregnant.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Imbolc, Groundhog Day, Home Gardening, Home

Daily Kos

Today is the First Day of Spring

I know, some of y'all are still deeply buried under snow. But honest - today is the first day of spring.

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Related Topix: Life, Imbolc, Fruits, Food

The York Daily Record

York County groundhogs beg to disagree with Phil

On Thursday, the world's most famous marmot predicted six more weeks of winter, and chronologically speaking, it was the safe, punk bet.

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Related Topix: York County, PA, Life, Holidays, Mount Wolf, PA, Groundhog Day, York, PA

Wed Feb 01, 2012

Bay Weekly

Spring's Early Welcome

If you think of the year as a compass with the equinoxes and solstices the four cardinal points, then this cross-quarter day - one of four - represent the ordinal points, dissecting our seasons.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Imbolc

Mon Jan 30, 2012

Examiner.com

Oimelc, an Irish celebration in Savannah

There are a few things in life you can always count on. Death, taxes, and an early Spring in Savannah.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Imbolc

Bish's blog

Imbolc

Imbolc is one of the eight festivals of the pagan year, and is the one most cencerned with new life, returning light and Brighid.

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Related Topix: Imbolc, Life, Holidays

Sun Jan 29, 2012

Lansing State Journal

Schneider: Take note, the vernal equinox is drawing closer

I was standing on the edge of my woodlot, waiting for my die-hard hunting buddy to emerge from the shadows.

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Thu Jan 26, 2012

Examiner.com

Irish spring food and dishes include Hot Crossed Buns

The spring of year for Celtic Irish and Irish Americans is between Imbolg and Beltaine on the Celtic Year Wheel.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Beltaine, Celtic, Baked Goods, Food, Bread

Wed Jan 25, 2012

Dansville-Genesee Country Expres

Flowering indoor plants offer mid-winter beauty, color

The needle on the color meter tilts toward "low" in mid-winter, when wardrobes turn to black and gray, landscapes seem bleached and intake of vitamin D from sunshine is paltry.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Tue Jan 24, 2012

Examiner.com

History of Imbolc

Imbolc is just around the corner, starting on the night of February first and running through the next day.

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Related Topix: Imbolc, Life, Holidays, Winter Solstice

Mon Jan 23, 2012

ScrippsNews

Flowering indoor plants offer midwinter beauty, color

The needle on the color meter tilts toward "low" in midwinter, when wardrobes tend to black and gray, landscapes seem bleached and intake of Vitamin D from sunshine is paltry.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Mon Jan 16, 2012

Charleston Gazette

A new year means new resolutions

The tradition of New Year's resolution dates back to the early Babylonians, when the most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, Food, Fast Food, Entertainment

Sat Jan 14, 2012

Toledo Blade

Winter blues bloom into joy

The needle on the colorometer tilts toward Low in midwinter when wardrobes tend to black and gray, landscapes are bleachy, and intake of Vitamin D from sunshine is paltry.

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Examiner.com

Vernal Equinox signals return of spring March 20, 2012

At 1:14 am eastern time on March 20th, spring arrives in Maine, as the hours of sunlight and darkness reach a balance.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Weather, Easter

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