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Bodacious Bloomers

Sky lupine, a Santa Cruz Mountains regular. This was taken at Quail Hollow Ranch. Hilltromper photo.

Your guide to wildflower season in Santa Cruz County.

The Outdoor Poet: Pegatha Hughes

From 'Last Rays,' painted by Pegatha Hughes.

'Davenport,' by poet and plein-aire painter Pegatha Hughes.

Women on Waves Honors Zeuf

Mel McNair at WOW in 2013.

The women's surf contest, coming to Capitola on April 12, pays tribute to the late beloved Pleasure Point surfer Zeuf Hesson.

Spring, Poppying Up All Over

The golden poppies of Antelope Valley, site of the annual Poppy Festival (April 26-27). Photo by User:Vision/Creative Commons.

Is the spring of 2014 yielding more California poppies than usual? With California Poppy Day (April 6) just around the corner, we asked Stephen McCabe of the UCSC Arboretum.

Win A Chance to Go Birding with Sibley

To be entered in the drawing to see who gets to go, buy a copy of the brand new second edition of 'The Sibley Guide to Birds' at Bookshop Santa Cruz by the end of the day on April 1.

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