Time to check the Woolly Bear Caterpillar to see what the weather will like this winter. According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the longer the middle brown band, the milder and shorter the coming winter; the shorter the brown band, the longer and more severe winter will be. The one we found has a really long band reaching almost to the end of his tail, hope he is right! If you find a caterpillar and want to know what kind they are and what kind of moth they turn into, check out this cool caterpillar page at Discover Life. Just plug in the distinguishing characteristics of your caterpillar and it will tell you what kind it is or give you a couple of choices. Very handy.
Here is a picture of just how big a pile they were. They covered an area of about three feet by three feet. The shed is an old single car garage so those two doors in the back are 2/3 of a regular garage door.
This is right outside the building. They must have been stragglers still going in there for the winter. We have had some really cold weather already so I don't know what it takes to kill these things. How did it end for these creepy crawlies? We built a little 
Spending lots of time with Grandma - we saw her 10 days in a row! She stayed with us a few days before we went to her house. 
Driving to the very edge of Oklahoma and snapping a picture at the border just to say we were there. 
Shooting acorns off the deck with a sling shot we got at a craft sale.
Walking sticks and snails. We didn't get a good picture of the snail but the kids found the biggest snail we had ever seen. Snails don't get near that large here in the north.
Visiting this beautiful glass church in Bella Vista. This church was built as a memorial for Mildred Cooper. The building and the grounds are so beautiful and wonderfully maintained.
