After all those seasonal threads [full moon, chinese new year] maybe it’s worth notign that today is the feast of St Bridget, Feile Bride or St Bridget’s Day, La le Bride. Traditionally this is the beginning of spring in Ireland. People in rural aeas used to go out [and still do allthough it’s more of a job for schoolchilderen now] to cut fresh rushes in the fields and make them into St Bridget’s Crosses which will hang over the door for the year to protect the house from lightning etc.
The Weather WAS nice today in the West, jsut had a great walk on the beach in Spanish Point.
That would work too here in Bay Area, Peter. We have had some 70plus days here lately and because of El Nino, I dont think there will be any more cold days.
The nicest weather in SF Bay Area are the clear days between infrequent rainstorms in late Jan and February here, little wind and when the sun is out, it really warms up. Perfect for hiking in the hills.
So there are spring like elements here too. This year, my roses never went dormant even. Will be a bad year for bugs as it never froze.
Jim, I put in 40 new crocuses, 20 grape hyacinths, and 60 other early bloomers. I really griped about it back in October, but now I’m grateful…it will be so good to see them!
On 2003-02-01 21:56, jim_mc wrote:
I’m very jealous,
Well, don’t be even though an all time record for january temperatures was reached here last week [17 C] weather is generally atrocious, it was the wettest winter on record, summer was skipped last year, it seems it’s all wind and rain the year round with the odd few days of nice weather to keep you from going over the edge.
That’s okay Peter…this year is going to be better…RIGHT???
Ah, what the heck…if there is ceaseless rain we’ll just have to spend more time indoors, a bit of stout, a lot of music, and pleasant chat with the company.