Pay Attention, Kids.
posted by 0okie | September 11, 2009
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IcerocketWe had a lovely July here, a day where it dropped down to the 50's. We set plenty of records that month, only four days hit 80º. Simply gorgeous. August was a killer, very hot and sweltering some days, but bearable the next. August seemed like a typical Florida August to me, not as hot as it was last summer when I moved to Tennessee.
I took a walk today to go to the grocery store down the street, why drive? Walked under some sort of Oak tree and what was that I stepped on? I peered at the ground below my foot and saw a little acorn! It looks like it fell early, not a full acorn yet, there were plenty of them.
It's going to be an early fall this year, this is what this is telling me. With respect to July and how it got so cold in the middle of summer, prepare for a bear of a winter! I hope to see a bit more snow than I did last year, actually I want to see a full blown snow storm. I think this year will be the year we'll get one. Seasons go in cycles, some colder and some warmer some years, it's natural.
So lets say this winter we go visit old man winter and pay a special thanks for the gorgeous weather we will have this year. Don't fret over missing work because roads are closed, enjoy that day off to watch the snow fall!
I know i'll leave an offering out for 'em. A thank you for my first good winter here. :]
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My feeling too
— Sep 13, 2009
I've had a hunch that this might indeed be a winter to respect. The acorns, the hickories, the walnuts, and many tiny details are whispering this to me too. Though I have no idea how it will come to pass in the "real" world of our future, it's just a little intuition I have on my radar at present.
If it were to be the case, then I would still be glad! When I was twelve, it was 1978. And I had walked over to my neighbor's house for our webelo scout meeting (don't laugh!, it was just what boys here did back then). As I was walking home, the snow had been falling for an hour already, and Wow! what a snow it was. The legendary midwestern blizzard of 1978. No school! Everyone sleeps in and stays home to play. The snowdrifts were so high that every available bulldozer and heavy earth machine took days to dig out tunnels that were safe enough for cars to pass through. The heavy equipment operators did not get to play as much, but I still wish that they could have played more.
For us younguns, it was really fun! We got to build snow palaces of legendary scope! We came inside once or twice a day, maybe for some hot chocolate, or dinner. We were so busy outside, that it didn't even feel cold.
But soon, our parent people all began to run out of milk and bread, at about the same time. There was one intrepid store that dared to remain open somehow, called the QuickStop. It's long gone now. I think it's a mattress store now. But anyway, it was within hiking distance. So us kids gathered our sled brigade together and began doing milk runs. What I remember most of all, and the thing which makes my heart full of optimism to this very day, is that I finally met my neighbors, face to face. They were coming out of their houses! They wanted to give us money! But we didn't take that stuff yet, We were just in it for the fun. And maybe a bit of kind hearted appreciation.
But having told that old story now, I will also say that I'm hell-bent on building a rocket stove mass heater in our living room this Fall.
http://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp
And I'm taking my first stab at canning Chicken noodle Soup tomorrow. It's on my todo list to research canning methods tonight.
I'll leave an offering out for 'em too. Thank you, Ookie, for reminding me of the joy of winter, it's quietude, and playfully busy at-home time.
