
Weather: Warm weather is back. Highs of 81 – 85 & Lows of 62 -67 Animal of the week: Striped Skunk Remember Pepé La Pew from Looney Tunes? How about Flower from Bambi? The famous cartoon skunks from our childhoods are actually very typical of the real animal. They are sweet, docile, solitary animals who…

Waxing Crescent Moonrise / MoonsetMon. 10:57 am/ 10:11 pmTue. 11:57 am/ 10:41 pmWed.1:00 pm /11:16 pmThur. 2:07 pm / 11:39 pm Next Full Moon (Blue Moon) August 31st Weather: Mostly SunnyHighs of 70 – 81 & Lows of 54 -62 Word of the Week: Hurricane Well, when you wake up this morning the rain “should”…

Splooting Squirrel Weather: Thunderstorms thanks to Hilary…Highs of 63 – 84 & Lows of 53 -60 Animal of the week: Western Fence Lizard I know we’ve all seen a multitude of lizards in Idyllwild, often times inside our houses. First of all, they mainly eat insects (spiders, beetles, flies, ants) so don’t be so worried…

Waning Crescent – New Moon – Waxing Crescent Moonrise / MoonsetMon. 4:19 am/7:05 pmTue.5:18 am/ 7:38 pmWed.6:16 am /8:07 pmThur. 7:13 am / 8:33 pm Next Full Moon (Blue Moon) August 31st Weather: Mostly SunnyHighs of 85 – 87 & Lows of 63 -65 Plant of the Week: Buckwheat Ever go for a walk lately…

Weather: Sunny Highs of 72 – 79 & Lows of 53 -60 Plant of the week: Gooseberry Look how beautiful these are! Gooseberries! I found them in the burn area down by the creek about 1/2 mile from the Hub (remember that’s the dirt parking area at the very end of Tollgate, past all of…

Weather: Mostly SunnyHighs of 75 – 81 & Lows of 53 -57 Animal of the Week: Bobcat The Bobcat is a fairly common animal here in Idyllwild.They are the most abundant wild cat in North America. They are territorial so once you spot one in your area, you’re bound to see him again. They are…

Weather: Sunny and not as hot…Highs of 83 – 87 & Lows of 56 -60 Insect of the week: Ten-Lined June Beetle I’ve always loved these bugs. When I was young being brought up to summer camp, we called them “Watermelon Bugs”. That is another name they’re known by but their real name is a…

Weather: Sunny with a scattered thunderstorms Not QUITE so hot. Highs of 73 – 79 & Lows of 54 -69 Flower of the Week: Woolypod Milkweed A very beautiful and prolific plant that is fun to keep an eye on for all 4 of its unique stages is called the Woolypod Milkweed because of a…

Weather: Sunny and Hot!Highs of 89 – 90 & Lows of 65 -68 Word of the week: Twilight I’ve always been intrigued by the word “Twilight”. Once in a movie I heard someone say…”Twilight is when everything is in silhouette”. Turns out, the true definition is much more elaborate than that. Twilight doesn’t start until…