Sitting at home in Mooresville, NC looking out the window at our snow-covered landscape, my thoughts go back to last October when we were “checking the signs” for a clue about what kind of winter we had in store. 
At that time, I wrote a post on the Wooly Worm Festival in Banner Elk, NC where they have a contest to select a wooly worm to predict the winter weather. See my post HERE. The winner, named Wilbur, predicted some unusually cold weather for the 13 weeks of winter. Check the post for his specific predictions. He may have been off a little bit on the timing of the precipitation, but overall, I’d say Wilbur got it right. It has certainly been colder than the past several years lately. As I said in the post, the amount of acorns that had fallen also showed the likelihood of cold weather. The squirrels certainly took advantage of that.
Thank goodness that we’ve had a few pleasant breaks in the cold, one of the more attractive characteristics of Piedmont NC weather. We may get plenty cold from time to time, but at least we give you some little streaks of warmth among the cold weeks so you don’t get just totally depressed.
