Unseasonably cold here this week. In a previous post, I mentioned how some people think you can predict the severity of the upcoming winter by observing nature's little signals. Trees producing more acorns than usual, for example, is a signal for a cold winter. That's the theory, anyway. I don't know if there's any truth to it or not.
The signals for this year, though, point to a cold winter, and if this week is any indication, those signals are correct.
On the plus side, cold weather kills off more bugs, and that's always a good thing.
In other news, I heard that a dog was killed by coyotes just a short way down the road. This area is not part of the coyote's traditional range. They're an invasive species, and they eat people's pets on a regular basis. It sucks, but there's not much to be done about it that's not already being done. Like kudzu and the snakehead fish, it's just another invasive species to add to the list of annoyances.
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