I Am Being Pummeled By Acorns
@BelleStarr (61047)
United States
October 9, 2016 3:40pm CST
I was reading a post by Anna about the signs of a hard winter. One of them is an abundance of acorns. I have to tell you folks, you had better be prepared for the mother of all winters if my acorns are any indication.
If you stand outside my back door, you can hear them falling whack, whack, whack, as they hit our cars and the driveway. Hubs cleaned off the driveway last week, it is covered again. It is dangerous to walk outside, yu can get hit in the head.
I have taken quite a few pictures of them, at least they are good for that. How about you. are the acorns abundant in your neighborhood?
"When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. " Thomas Carlyle
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
10 Oct 16
I really do love the winter especially if I don't have to drive but in Florida I won't have to deal with it from January to march.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
9 Oct 16
@BelleStarr Maybe you should start breeding squirrels.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Oct 16
@Asylum lol I think minks are a better option at least there is some money in it or chinchillas.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Oct 16
We do have several who have been visiting and getting takeaway meals, but they can't keep up with what is falling from the trees
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
10 Oct 16
Thank you and I think I am glad that I am heading south in a couple of months.
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@LadyDuck (460594)
• Switzerland
10 Oct 16
@BelleStarr You are lucky to go south and in a couple of months there is not even the danger of hurricane. If I remember well it's from June to November.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
24 Oct 16
Ours is here, it is colder than average, burrrrrrr
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
28 Oct 16
@BelleStarr I wish I could say that here. We are expected to get up to 85 this weekend.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Oct 16
Maybe not a concussion but these are very tall trees and it they hit you in the head, it would hurt!!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Oct 16
The quote is beautiful. Acorns are things I've heard of and seen only in books and movies.:)
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Oct 16
No Oak trees in India? Well you aren't missing anything, they are annoying but the trees are beautiful.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
13 Oct 16
@BelleStarr I am talking about NorthEast part of India where I stay .
This is a big country with varied geographical features....there are oaks in the North West part in the Himalayan foothills.
Sorce: From the internet On the basis of climate and relief the natural vegetation of India can be divided in the following types:
1. The tropical evergreen forests,
2. The tropical deciduous forests,
3. The tropical thorn forests,
4. The littoral or tidal forests, and
5. The mountain forests.
@Tampa_girl7 (49308)
• United States
10 Oct 16
Hopefully our winter won't be too harsh.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
10 Oct 16
I hope not but I guess we will know for sure in a few months.
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
10 Oct 16
love the quote :) i wish i'd oak trees to gift me such...'n the squirrels to go with 'em. i've actually cabbaged 'nto some acorns that i've stuck out here'n there with great hopes they'll grow to be mighty oaks some day.
they're sayin' yer neck 'f the woods's 'pposed to be a booger this winter, ours mild. i hope they're correct with ours.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Oct 16
Well it won't matter to me really I will be in Florida for almost 3 months but less snow means less plowing so that will be good for our house .
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
12 Oct 16
@BelleStarr do ya got somebody there who tends to that sort'a thingy? oh! if'n ya don't mind, could i get'cher addy down'n florida? ya know, i might get a wild hair'n wish to send'ja a post card 'r somethin', lol.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
10 Oct 16
Since I live in a forested area @BelleStarr , they are dropping everywhere and that's here in Texas. Geez, I don't want a cold winter.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Oct 16
They jst seem particularly plentiful this year. I wonder if the dry hot weather does that?
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Oct 16
lol I have the feeling we might be very glad to be down south this winter !!
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@DianneN (247216)
• United States
9 Oct 16
@BelleStarr Just as long as Mathew doesn't make a u-turn!!! Lol! Was your house safe?
@just4him (308832)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Oct 16
I love that quote. There aren't any oak trees around where I live. I think I would need to go to the parks to find any acorns and see how they are falling. So far I haven't seen any hard evidence of a harsh winter here. It would be nice though as I love winter.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Oct 16
I think there are several indications that there is going to be a bad winter even the Farmer's Almanac if I am not mistaken.
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@just4him (308832)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Oct 16
@BelleStarr I heard one mention of that in my area that it would be a cold winter, not so much one with a lot of snow.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Oct 16
I guess that is good for me since I will be there for three months, last year it was a little cool.
@jwlsmacray (105)
• United States
11 Oct 16
Wow, that is a lot of acorns sounds like. Not much here. A pretty new neighborhood so not many trees. I like winter until January hits and then I am ready for spring. lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Oct 16
We are in an older established neighborhood with huge old oak trees. We run to Florida for three months to escape the winter. lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Oct 16
lol I am not sure what is worse, heat or acorns!! lol
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@thelme55 (76533)
• Germany
11 Oct 16
@BelleStarr I think both when it's too much to bear.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Oct 16
We have two huge oak trees, I mean 100 feet tall and they are producing acorns like mad!!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Oct 16
uh oh ,it sounds like we are having a bad winter. Maybe I will be glad that I am going to Florida.
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@LindaCPearson (2241)
• United States
9 Oct 16
I don't have any oak trees near me so no acorns, which for me is very sad. I love acorns and hold a special nostalgic feeling from my childhood for acorns. I wouldn't hundreds of them pummeling me but a few would be delightful.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Oct 16
No acorns here. Too bad they aren't good eating.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Oct 16
lol Yes that would be perfect I could use them in baking.
