So far I have saved five (5) Woolly Bear Caterpillars from ‘death by drowning’ along one of the cement ditches
Three of them were actually in the water, curled up in little balls, floating along in the pounding waves.
They would have died if I had had not picked them up and put them onto the (now harvested) pinto bean field.
The bands on the caterpillars are suggesting we are in for a long winter.
Jolly, that thought just leaves me white-eyed.
It’s freezing here. Mostly light freezes, but a —killing to the ground freeze— is predicted to occur in a couple of nights.
So we move forward, just like the seasons intend—but Autumn First…
As the hills and dales turn into lovely shades of brilliance and the sky stays achingly blue!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I always thought those were Monarch butterflies. What do woolly bears turn into?
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The Woolly bear Caterpillar is a moth follow the blue link to see the moth or go here https://www.almanac.com/content/woolly-bear-caterpillars-and-weather-prediction
Go here for Monarch butterflies https://www.google.com/search?q=monarch+caterpillar&rlz=1C1CHWL_enUS785US785&oq=mon&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l2j69i60j69i61j69i60.3249j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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I’ve never even seen a wooly bear caterpillar with SO much black on it. Keep your long johns handy! Yikes!
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I think the Farmer’s Almanac said we were in for a long and wet and cold for winter. Sigh.
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Our temperatures have finally cooled a bit, so we are no longer setting record high temperatures every day. I’m not sure what kind of winter we will have — the last time we had heat and drought so late in the year (1888) there was a lot of snow during the winter. We shall see. Meanwhile enjoy Autumn while you can.
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Would you like lots of snow? It’s cool here now…not very high in the day-time. Thank you, George, we will. 🙂
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Whatever the Old Farmers Almanac says usually happens.
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It seems too. Brrrr
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Long winter, huh. It’s sapose tho be 13° & snow Thursday night 😮 Not ready for the white stuff ~ You guys stay warm!
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I’m not ready either. But I have the firewood ready
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Oh boy, it seems early for Winter! Our Colorado family haven’t even mentioned their weather yet … next time we talk I’ll ask them. (Of course, living in town, not as much impact as for you, but I still like to know how many coats they are wearing ))j.
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You made me smile! 🙂
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Here’s hoping you won’t be in for a long winter . Our spring is still unsettled, more wind and rain on the horizon ..
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I always console myself, if we are having winter, you are getting glorious Summer. That is a huge gift.
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