Thursday, December 1, 2011

Signs of a Mild Winter

Every winter When the great sun has turned his face away,
The earth goes down into a vale of grief,
And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables,
Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay -
Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.
~Charles Kingsley
It has often been said that when the hornet nests are close to the ground we will experience a mild winter. If this holds true these photos indicate that the upcoming winter will be a very mild one. This is one of the largest nests I've seen in a very long while. There were no hornets home the day it was discovered as it was quite late in the fall.