LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DAY!

Dear Readers:

Since I am still home recouperating from foot surgery, my husband took pity on me and decided I needed to get out of the house.  So, he drove us over the mountain to Asheville, NC to visit our eldest daughter.  This drive between Tennessee and North Carolina on I-26 is one of the most beautiful drives through the mountains, especially when Autumn is in full bloom. It it definitely God's Country. 

After a great afternoon with the eldest kid, going out to eat, and a stop at Trader Joe's, we headed back home.  One of the topics of conversation was my prediction that we were going to have a cold winter.  Don't know where that came from, but it was just one of those things I felt in my bones.  My husband didn't commit himself one way or the other.  But, as we drove along the highway, I noticed that the Locust trees were already turning and losing their leaves.  Hmm...

Once we arrived home and put things away, I went in to my computer to update my page.  Lo, and behold, what topic do I see on Fox web page - "The Old Farmer's Almanac Predicts Super Cold Winter".  (Here's the link- http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3742701515001/the-old-farmers-almanac-predicts-super-cold-winter/?intcmp=fbfeatures#sp=show-clips)

So, I decided to look further and came across this article.

 20 Signs of a Hard Winter

by Peter Geiger | Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | From: Blog

• Thicker than normal corn husks
• Woodpeckers sharing a tree
• Early arrival of the Snowy owl
• Early departure of geese and ducks
• Early migration of the Monarch butterfly
• Thick hair on the nape (back) of the cow’s neck
• Heavy and numerous fogs during August
• Raccoons with thick tails and bright bands
• Mice eating ravenously into the home
• Early arrival of crickets on the hearth
• Spiders spinning larger than usual webs and entering the house in great numbers
• Pigs gathering sticks
• Insects marching a bee line rather than meandering
• Early seclusion of bees within the hive
• Unusual abundance of acorns
• Muskrats burrowing holes high on the river bank
• "See how high the hornet’s nest, ‘twill tell how high the snow will rest”
• Narrow orange band in the middle of the Woollybear caterpillar warns of heavy snow; fat and fuzzy caterpillars presage bitter cold
• The squirrel gathers nuts early to fortify against a hard winter
• Frequent halos or rings around sun or moon forecast numerous snow falls.

I wonder if I can add to the list, "Helen just feels it in her bones."? 

 

Woo! Wee...