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FEBRUARY 1: IMBOLC | Naturalist's Almanac
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About Naturalist’s Almanac. FEBRUARY 4: CHINESE SOLAR NEW YEAR. JANUARY 17: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S BIRTHDAY. By February 1, the world begins to feel brighter. Daylight has expanded to almost ten hours, and the sun is almost halfway to the spring equinox. With electric lights, this solar progress doesn’t attract much attention anymore, but Groundhog Day does. And Groundhog Day harks back to an ancient solar celebration called Imbolc. This Celtic/Christian weather belief got superimposed on North American gro...
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JANUARY 17: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S BIRTHDAY | Naturalist's Almanac
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About Naturalist’s Almanac. JANUARY 15: SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY’S FIRST PHOTOGRAPH. JANUARY 17: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S BIRTHDAY. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706. During the next 84 years he engaged in so many activities, it’s difficult to decide what to call him. One thing I haven’t heard him called is a naturalist, but he actually spent quite a bit of time observing the natural world. Shortly after he missed the eclipse, Franklin read an account of clear viewings in Boston. He decided to write...
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JANUARY 1: NEW YEAR | Naturalist's Almanac
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About Naturalist’s Almanac. JANUARY 15: SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY’S FIRST PHOTOGRAPH. JANUARY 1: NEW YEAR. January 1 is an insane day to celebrate the New Year. It’s not connected to any solar, lunar, or other annually recurring natural event. Nor is it agricultural, religious, or even very convenient. Other spring possibilities are March 1, which was favored by the early Romans, or March 25, which was favored by early European Christians. Other fall possibilities include the Jewish New Year, which happens i...
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FEBRUARY 4: CHINESE SOLAR NEW YEAR | Naturalist's Almanac
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About Naturalist’s Almanac. FEBRUARY 14: VALENTINE’S DAY. FEBRUARY 4: CHINESE SOLAR NEW YEAR. The Chinese solar calendar is less familiar than the Chinese lunar calendar, which is the one that gets all the press during Chinese New Year celebrations. But I find the solar calendar more useful because it divides the year into 24 mini-seasons with names descriptive of what’s going on in the natural world. Spring Begins …………… Feb 4 – Feb 18. Excited Insects ………… Mar 5 – Mar 19. These 24 solar terms helped anc...
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JANUARY 15: SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY’S FIRST PHOTOGRAPH | Naturalist's Almanac
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About Naturalist’s Almanac. JANUARY 17: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S BIRTHDAY. JANUARY 1: NEW YEAR. JANUARY 15: SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY’S FIRST PHOTOGRAPH. On January 15, 1885, Snowflake Bentley of Jericho, Vermont, took his first photograph of a snowflake. He was just shy of 20 years old, but he had already been studying snowflakes for five years. He had gotten hooked on them at age 15, when he first saw one through a microscope his mother had given him. You’ll find that it’s challenging. But I’v...One of the first th...
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About Naturalist’s Almanac. FEBRUARY 29: LEAP YEAR. In 46 B.C. Julius Caesar did an admirable job of creating what’s now known as the Julian calendar, but he was working with a piece of flawed advice. It involved the confusing business of leap years. First, he dropped ten days right out of the calendar the days between October 4 and October 15, to be exact to realign key dates with the sun. Then he arranged to reduce the number of future leap years. He omitted them in century years except those d...Some ...
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FEBRUARY 14: VALENTINE’S DAY | Naturalist's Almanac
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About Naturalist’s Almanac. FEBRUARY 28: FEBRUARY’S 28 DAYS. FEBRUARY 4: CHINESE SOLAR NEW YEAR. FEBRUARY 14: VALENTINE’S DAY. Every year on February 14, we celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day. Who was Saint Valentine, and why do we celebrate love on his feast day? There are several theories, but the one I find most intriguing attributes the love connection to birds. 8220;For this was on St. Valentine’s Day/When every fowl cometh there to choose his mate.”. From the medieval folk belief about birds, it wasn&...
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STYLE SHEET | A Naturalist's Journal
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A Naturalist’s Journal. This STYLE SHEET is my best effort to be consistent in how I refer to people, places, plants, animals, etc. It also includes my SPELLING DEMONS and whatever else I might need to check on. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email.
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MY NEIGHBORHOOD | A Naturalist's Journal
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A Naturalist’s Journal. One Response to “MY NEIGHBORHOOD”. Patricia B. Reed. April 14, 2016 at 8:33 am. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Carson’s. SILENT SPRING (NPR) which means 25 years have passed since we first met! Your passion for the natural world, specifically it’s feathered inhabitants was quickly absorbed and consequently made me a lifetime observant of wherever I might be. For that I am most sincerely grateful dear friend. Hope this finds you well and walking! Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
