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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 02/25/2008 : 02:28:18 AM
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In Hawai`i, are there specific changes so that you know it is no longer winter, but springtiime; or from spring to summer, summer to fall; autumn to winter? Or folk tales or signs?
Like for instance --
ground hog seeing his shadow;
March comes in like a lion...
Plant potatoes on Good Friday
No planting vine crops until Vine Day - May 10
Knee high by 4th or July
Hear the crickets chirp - 6 weeks until frost
Always big St. Patrick's day storm +/- 5 days of the holiday
Redwing Blackbird sure sign of spring
Possums dead on the road, sure sign of spring
Bird nests deep in the forks of the trees, protected = bad winter
Abundance of acorns = bad winter
Wooly bear caterpillar = the more brown, the milder the winter
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 02/25/2008 : 03:37:52 AM
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From my house I look up at the slopes of Waipi'o, which are covered in part by Hawaiian Sumac.
In the spring, light green as the new leaves come out.
In the summer, darker green and flowering.
In the fall, orange and red as the old leaves die.
In the winter, the Sumac is bare.
Just like deciduous trees on the mainland, although how it can tell the seasons with such a small change in daylight hours is remarkable. I think this is a pretty clear indication that although endemic to Hawai'i, the sumac is a "recent" arrival.
Of course as any water person knows, the ocean also recognizes the seasons- trade wind chop in the spring and fall, calm and glassy in the summer, big waves in the winter. At least on our north facing coast.
Chris
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