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Week of May 22nd- May 28th, 2025
Photo by Al Matta Weather: Highs of 64 – 73 Lows of 41 – 47 Memorial Day: Memorial Day was originally named “Decoration Day”. It started informally, in the South after the Civil War, by women who committed to “decorating” soldier’s graves of both the North & the South. This caught on and by 1868,…
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Week of May 15th- May 21st, 2025
Snow Plants: Popping up all over Idyllwild – See if you can find one… Photo by Robert Moore Weather: Highs of 62 – 78 Lows of 36 – 54 First Idyllwild Fire Station In the early 1900’s, there were many devastating building fires in the newly forming Idyllwild. In 1904 the Idyllwild Sanatorium burned to…
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Week of May 8th- May 14th, 2025
Photo Alpenglow Lilac Gardens Weather: Highs of 52 – 82 Lows of 36 – 55 Mothers Day & Lilacs: Mother’s Day and Lilacs just seem to go hand in hand…especially if you live in Idyllwild. Did you know that Mother’s Day was originally started by a woman in West Virginia as a way to not…
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Week of May 1st- May 7th, 2025
Photo by Cathie Davis Weather: Highs of 44 – 68 Lows of 34 – 46 Cinco de Mayo: Did you know that Cinco de Mayo is primarily an American Celebration, not a Mexican celebration? Like St. Patrick’s Day, it’s the Americans that find a niche involving the immigrants to this country and capitalize on it.…
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Week of April 24th – April 30th, 2025
Photo by Jodi Collins Weather: Highs of 44 – 70 Lows of 31 – 45 Earth:(Earth Day was Tuesday) In honor of Earth day this week, let’s talk about “Earth”. This famous image taken from Apollo 17 in 1972 is called “The Blue Marble” Our planet is the only planet in our solar system that…
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Week of April 17th – April 23rd, 2025
Western Bluebird – Photo by Jim Brock Weather: Highs of 46 – 67 Lows of 34 – 42 Easter: Easter, whose name comes from the Germanic goddess of spring named “Eostre” is a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the first century 33 AD. It is also referred to as Pascha which…
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Week of April 10th – April 16th, 2025
Unknown Photographer Weather: Highs of 68 – 78 Lows of 43 – 49 Idyllwild Sanatorium Before Antibiotics were discovered, Tuberculosis, or as it was known then as “Consumption”, was very prevalent, especially in Europe where in the late 1800’s, 25% of the population died each year from it. The creation of “Sanatoriums” were on the…
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Week of April 3rd – April 9th, 2025
Photo by Al Matta Weather: Highs of 44 – 78 Lows of 29 – 54 Stellers Jay: We’ve all experienced them. Did you know they are a member of the Corvid Family, the same group that includes crows, ravens, & magpies. They are very smart. They raid other birds caches, and love nuts, seeds &…
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Week of Mar. 27th – April 2nd, 2025
Photo by Frank Colosi Weather: Highs of 51 – 59 Lows of 34 – 38 Spotted Towhee One of the prettier birds in Idyllwild is the Spotted Towhee. It’s pronounced like the word “toe” + eeee. They are just beautiful and you will probably hear them before you see them. Their calls are very distinctive….a…