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Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning; Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Why do mariners repeat this lore? Blame William Shakespeare, the playright, or Matthew, the disciple. In Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare wrote of red skies in the morning: Like a red morn that ever yet betokened, Wreck to the seaman, tempest to […]
Have you ever had to unpack your camera bag or backpack to find a cell phone or wallet? The developer of the Clakit Clip was hiking California’s mountains (hopefully looking for fall color) when he realized he was constantly searching the bottom of his bag for something. That inspired his developing a durable universal clip […]
Doug Wilber spent part of his Saturday, much as he has done each Autumn for the past 17 years… raking and sweeping leaves into a pile in front of his Sacramento home. His neighbors along 43rd St. had or were doing the same when I visited today. The City of Sacramento calls this time of […]
OK, Fall Color video junkies. While working on our year-end recap video, I ran across these videos of California Fall Color taken in October. All locations are past peak, though they give a glimpse of what was happening, as seen by various videographers and drones. First up: Peter Mikuljan visited several locations in the Eastern […]
Recent rains have caused mushrooms to push up out of the detritus, as Gabriele Leete found in Anderson. Among the mushrooms emerging are Amanita, among the most poisonous mushrooms on Earth, the most toxic of which cause liver failure and death. There are 600 varieties of Amanita, including a few edible ones, though eating them […]
Bold color is being seen throughout Butte County in the northern Sacramento Valley, from Oroville north to Paradise. This is the week to see Oroville, Durham, Biggs, Chico and Paradise at peak. The color will likely last through Thanksgiving day (conditions permitting), though not much longer. […]
Niles Armstrong sends this first report of Peak to Past Peak color north of Kernville in the Sequoia National Forest. Notice how full the river is running in mid November, even though it has not yet begun raining heavily, and the bright spots of gold still seen among cottonwood along the Kern River’s banks. Kern […]
November is when California’s botanical gardens begin to peak. This late show is because of where the gardens are located… in and near major metropolitan areas. Perennial color spotter Sandy Steinman, editor of Natural History Wanderings, visited the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden yesterday morning to find the color very mixed. He reported, “Some trees and […]
Unless you’re a club member of one of California’s largest wineries, the welcome is often less than enthusiastic. Not so in the Sierra Foothills. The wineries there are so lightly visited that the welcome is genuine and warm, and the tasting is often free. Their hospitality, some extraordinarily exceptional wines and lovely fall color from late-October […]
California loves its farmer’s markets. There are literally hundreds of them in the state, and they are found in just about any city of significant population. Los Angeles has 30 farmer’s markets… some periodic, some permanent. Although farmer’s markets can be enjoyed year-round here, they’re best in autumn. There’s just nothing quite as satisfying as […]