It is a cold winter, away is the songbird.
If you don’t have four good season then don’t complain.
Enjoy it or STFU ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it_04dk_97E
75 in MPLS today. Ran over a couple of those wooly worms on the way home from work tonight.
Should be a warm winter...
Our county hangs in the balance...the weather is the least of our worries.
My cats hair is notable short I think that means we will have a mild winter.
What about the deluge of acorns?
When the autumn ground becomes its own skating rink, everybody gets a lot of practice. Hmmm...
Man, those things stink when a bunch of them get run over.
Dog Berry trees are almost empty = mild winter
I remember looking at wooly worms to see if we’d get a bad winter when I was a kid, but I don’t put a lot of store in that as an adult. Some of the old folk wisdom that older farmers still adhere to, now that I still give some credence. The assumption behind these beliefs is that nature provides for its own, so if a bad winter is coming, mast will be heavy to feed wild animals, acorns and wild nuts of many kinds will be much heavier than usual. Along those same lines, coats of wild animals will be noticeably heavier, squirrels will have bushier tails, etc.
Found a wooly worm in the parking lot when I went to pick up my daughter from volunteer work. Made her hold it as I drove home - lots of fun that...
Anyway I was explaining to her the wives tale of colors and coats and what it would mean for the winter. She looked at me and said why would people doubt what generations of experience have said?
Proud papa....of course I explained how a scientific study hadn’t been done completed to confirm the information statistically and she was like - ok I get it but still.... I said you need a project this year - she said oh hell I’m not putting my name on that no way....
: )
Snow depth can be predicted by how high bees make their hives in the brush. Another indicator for a cold winter are wild cucumber vines. The greater the number, the colder the winter.
Seems like a huge number of wooly worms this year. They are all over the road. Also a huge number of acorns, the squirrels are going ballistic on them. I have no idea what that means as far as the severity of winter.
Freegards
I smoosh a few on the road everyday.
They always look very red to me.