Kindling Stack
Do squirrels know something we don't? Are the husks on your corn thicker than normal? Are ducks and geese flying South earlier than usual? Is the hair on the nape of your cow thicker this year? Are two woodpeckers sharing a fall home? Have mice invaded your home early? Are crickets dancing on your hearth already? Were there heavy fogs in August? Has there been an abundance of spiders in your house? Your local raccoon has a thicker than normal tail? Are ants not meandering, but moving quickly in a straight line? Are the pigs in the pen gathering sticks? Who comes up with all this nonsense? Does your neighbor's chainsaw seem louder than normal? See, I just made that last one up. Here's another. Did someone stack your kindling pile upside down? My local 2014 Old Farmers' Almanac listed most of these, and I for one don't believe a one. Well, maybe that one about my neighbor's chainsaw holds some credence. I know he's making me feel a bit guilty about not cutting mine up and putting it under cover.
I best be getting busy.
Pigs are gathering sticks?
Huh?
Like I've got the time.
You've got the time, baby.
ReplyDeleteCut that wood.
Don't know what it means for winter, if anything, but in these parts Rocky Beach saw fewer topless beauties nesting this summer. Might have some correlation with the coming winter exposure.
ReplyDeletei've heard the one about the fog. i overheard two elderly gentlemen at kroger the other day talking about the harsh winter we are supposed to have, according to the almanac. oh no!
ReplyDeleteHarsh winter? they're ALL harsh!
ReplyDeleteBirdman, easier to flip the photo upside down than re-stack your woodpile. See you've been hanging around a saw mill. Don't know where all that nonsense about signs of harsh winters comes from. Like your own sign. Around here people talk about wooly bear caterpillars as signs of a harsh coming winter. I think Kate has it right.
ReplyDeleteYa, the wollybear has a brighter than normal orange stripe. Go figure!
DeleteI heard a few of these before but, the one about ants just reminded me that I saw millions of those teeny tiny ants rushing in a straight line up and down my driveway the other day. I better see to that situation right away.
ReplyDeletei liked all of those 'lores'. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's all quite poetic, especially the one about crickets dancing on my hearth...Good luck with that upside down woodpile!
ReplyDeleteI believe all of these things. Except the chainsaw. I am getting my packing list ready and will head south within the month. But I will track your winter weather carefully. From my lanai.
ReplyDeleteThey all made me smile. Bad winter a comin !
ReplyDeleteI think we're all in for an interesting Winter.
ReplyDeleteaww lots of questions!I guess it's better to be prepared!
ReplyDeleteLéia
None of those signs yet up here. A mild winter coming? Well . . .
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