Walking home from the polls yesterday, John and I saw a woolly bear caterpillar. Around these parts (ha, I always wanted to say that), the woolly bear is a predictor of winter. If only I could remember what it means - something about the width of the brown stripe means an easy or a tough winter? Like groundhogs, I can never remember which way it goes.
Anyhoo, this particular woolly bear was all black!!!
I wonder what on earth that means!?!?!
I think it was a very very special woolly bear and a sign of good things to come.
I feel soooo happy today and proud of our country. We have a long way to go but this is quite a amazing start.
It's supposed to be the width of the black (2 brown ends) that determines the length/harshness of winter.
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-jane
i had to look it up...if the brown band around their middle is wide, it'll be a mild winter, and if it's narrow, it'll be a severe winter. i suppose if the whole fuzzball is brown it is going to be extremely mild.
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