Housing and Development Newsletter
We inhaled the lilac fragrance of the very early blooming white ceanothus bushes, toyon and other hard chaparral flora revitalized by the recent, if scanty, rainfall. Chaparral plants exhibit a glorious intensity based on short periods of water for growth.
I’ve taken my very young son to overnight at bonny Fish Creek Camp, and also led groups of Crane School adolescents here as well. There are two large sites, and the main one beneath a striking oak tree giant can handle three or four tents. There are two tables, but campers have moved them around to suit their specific needs. There is also a handy pit toilet.
Beautiful San Diego Mountain Lilac (ceanothus cyaneus), on the right (east) fork of the Rattlesnake Canyon trail, in Poway. March 24, 2018
Ceanothus, or wild lilac, a white or blue-blossoming native plant, is set to bloom by late January or early February. Ceanothus is common wherever native sage-scrub and chaparral vegetation grows, from the bluffs of Torrey Pines, to the edge of the Anza-Borrego Desert. Often much of the ceanothus cover is burnt off in San Diego s foothills but the plant is resilient against periodic wildfires and will eventually return
January’s Full Moon rises majestically from the darkened east horizon on Thursday, the 28th.