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NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Well well well, its NOVEMBER! Can you believe how quickly October flew in, and even how fast this year has gone. So as the nights are drawing in we must not forget that Thanksgiving this month, and please spare a thought for those who are less fortunate than ourselves this winter.
Did you all have a good Hallowen? I am keen to find out about it, and of course see your photos. Why dont you post in the COffee's On forum. Oh and who managed to keep out of the candy bowl? The flylady printed a lovely letter this week suggestion you make a cardboard gingerbread house and stick all your unwanted candy on it! (it might not be a bad idea, who knows where the candy has been before you got it) Anyone have any other suggestions?
Got any fun jokes?
here are a couple of Fall Jokes freshley raked from the internet just for you ...
Q - what did one autumn leaf say to the other?
A - I'm falling for you!
Autumn is a season for big decisions -- like whether or not it's too late to start spring cleaning.
The autumn leaves are a lot like raising kids. First they turn on you, and then they fly away. And next thing you know, you look out the window and they're back!
I got tired of looking at all those leaves in my yard, so I got up off the couch and went into action. I closed the curtains.
Now, today’s lawn & garden tip. If you haven’t found the hedge trimmer yet, forget it. It’s almost time now to lose the leaf rake.
Are the kids bored? Then check out these websites ...
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/fall_crafts_for_kids.htm
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/preschool-fall.htm
singing
http://www.tooter4kids.com/Preschool/fall_activities.htm
WEATHER LORE
A warm November is the sign of a bad winter.
Thunder in the fall foretells a cold winter.
If animals have an especially thick coat of fur, it will be a cold winter.
When squirrels bury their nuts early, it will be a hard winter
If the woolly worms head is more black than colored, the coldest part of the winter will come in the first months of winter.
The more black than brown a wooly worm has, and/or the wider the black stripe, the worse the winter.
If fruit trees bloom in the fall, the weather will be severe the following winter.
If berries or nuts are plentiful, it will be a hard winter.
A cold winter is succeeded by a warm winter and vice versa.
If the first snow falls on unfrozen ground, expect a mild winter.
It will be a bad winter if trees keep their leaves until late in the fall
Hornets nest built in the tops of trees point to a mild winter.
The first twelve days of the year are thought to foretell the weather for each of the next twelve months. The variant is the 12 days from new Christmas (Dec. 25) to old Christmas (Jan. 5) determine the weather.
If an owl hoots on the east side of a mountain it denotes bad weather.
Carolina Traditional Weather Lore
Back in the early days, when plants and animals were first made, they were told to fast and stay awake for seven days to gain spirit power. All were anxious to gain power so they tried to do as instructed and most were able to stay awake through the first night. The next night some started to fall asleep, and by the third night many of them were asleep. By the seventh night, only a few of the animals were awake. The panther, the owl and one or two others managed to stay awake and as their reward they were given the power to see and go about in the dark. Many of the plants also fell asleep and of the trees, only the cedar, the spruce, the pine, the holly, and the laurel were able to stay awake. As their reward, these were allowed to be always green, while the others must lose their leaves in the fall.
Fall Foliage Facts
Leaves of some trees such as birches, tulip poplars, redbud and hickory, are always yellow in the fall, never red.
The fall leaves of a few trees, including sugar maple, dogwood, sweet gum, black gum and sourwood, are usually red but may also be yellow.
Unlike the bright colors of flowers, which attract pollinators, or the bright "Warning Colors" of many kinds of animals, the bright colors of fall foliage are a byproduct of chemical changes as the trees start to go dormant. These colors have no apparent biological function or significance.
The most intense of fall color occurs in in areas such as New England, with almost pure stands of a few types of trees, such as maples and birches, that all turn color at the same time during the short fall season.
The most varied fall color, as well as the longest lasting, occurs in areas such as the southern Appalachians, where a dozen or more kinds of trees may change color at slightly different times over the longer fall season.
The change in day length (photoperiod) that causes the chemical changes in the trees leading to the bright colors starts June 21, the longest day of the year, as the sun starts to move south and the days become shorter.
Leaves have just as much yellow pigment (xanthophyll) in July when they are green as they do in October when they are yellow. In July the darker green pigment (chlorophyll) masks the yellow color.
Evergreen trees may shed their older leaves, which often turn bright yellow, in spring rather than fall, but they never drop all their leaves at one time, thus staying green all year.
The leathery evergreen leaves of rhododendron are shed individually from time to time over several years; it is not uncommon to find individual rhododendron leaves that have been on a plant for five or six years that are still green, healthy and functional.
Bright sunlight is essential for the production of the red (anthocyanin) pigment in the fall leaves: if a black mask is placed on part of a leaf before it turns red, the part of the leaf under the mask will turn yellow while the exposed part will turn red.
Taken From Fall Colors & Woodland Harvests
DID YOU KNOW ...
November is Aviation Month
Peanut Butter Lovers Month &
Epilepsey Awareness Month
Adam Ant, Roseanne, Charles Bronson, Bryan Adams, Tatum O'Neil, Ike Turner, Roy Rogers, Leonardo DIcaprio, Prince Charles, Goldie Hawn, Sinbad, John F Kennedy Jnr and Winston Churchil were all born in November.
Well thats it here from the control centre at Freebie Friends & Paradise, please excuse the spelling as us Irish dont talk proper like everywhere else in the world. We have strange way to pronouce and spell things! If you want a glimpse of what it is like for me dont take my world for it check out our Irish Pub in Freebie Friends and follow the links.
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that was well done...looks great...thanks for sharing with us...
