I'm still on my squirrel watch. They ain't gettin' any furrier here.

[CTyankee]

They're all skinny little guys. Folks here say "wait a while." But I think Mother Nature knows what we don't and if she's good not giving the squirrels more fur, who am I to argue? So it's not going to be a super cold winter.

Amirite?

[redwitch]

1. I hope so!

Upstate New York says enough already with the unbearable cold!

[valerief]

2. I hope it won't be, but even more I hope it won't be a snow-laden winter. nt

[sharp_stick]

3. I bought a snowblower this year

so Connecticut is pretty much guaranteed a light snow winter...You're welcome.

[CTyankee]

7. Ah, how it meshes perfectly with my theory. You prolly subconsciously "knew"

that it wouldn't snow, you didn't want it to snow, so you bought a snow blower.

See how that works?

[sharp_stick]

12. Nah

I just remember standing out in knee deep snow for the 4th time in 3 weeks last February.

If we get no snow I'll be plenty happy but at least this year I'm ready. I won't be envying my neighbors this year.

[CTyankee]

14. I know. Just kidding...and I don't blame you.

geez, one week we had 3 snowstorms in a row...holy shite....shoot me now...

[Laffy Kat]

4. What about woolly bears?

Those furry caterpillars you see crossing the road? My mom always said if they were brown or black it would be a cold winter and if they were yellow it would be mild.

[CTyankee]

5. what are you seeing?

[Laffy Kat]

6. I haven't seen a woolly bear for years.

Of course, I haven't lived down south for a long time. However, having grown up in southern TN we would see them every fall and Mom was right!

[femmocrat]

11. I have seen only two woolly bears.

One was the ordinary black and brown stripe. The other was solid brown. That could mean anything. (I have never seen a yellow woolly bear.)

We do have a heavy crop of acorns, however. The deer are already coming for them. Lots of crabapples too.

[a la izquierda]

16. I saw a black one on my house the other day...

I'm in WV.
Uh oh...

[hedgehog]

8. What does it mean when the woolly bears come inside?

[Laffy Kat]

9. It means stock up at Costco.

Food, water, a couple of boxes of wine.

[sharp_stick]

13. A couple of boxes

so that's a mild winter.

thanks.

[CTyankee]

15. for us that would be six bottles of white and six of red...

this would be a winter of about two weeks...

In bad weather, we have them delivered. Normal weather I get them carried to the car and I just take each one out from the trunk of my car as needed...that works...

[shenmue]

10. Awww

[Thor_MN]

17. I saw a squirrel today who's ass was so fat he waddled. nt.

[CTyankee]

18. If you are in MN could be a worse winter than ours here in CT...something about the

jet stream that the MSNBC weather guy was talking about today. But he was also including Chicago in the warmer winter category so that's not too far from you.

It's going to be near 80 in Washington D.C. where I am going on Saturday. Elleng tells me the weather is going to be mild there this weekend...

[Thor_MN]

19. My little brother lives in DC..

The one thing he has in common with the GOP, he complains if the temp is more than a few degrees either side of 67 degrees...

Been uncommonly warm the last couple weeks in Minneapolis, it was nice enough not to need a jacket yesterday.