Warren, Connecticut. I’m not sure what the Almanac says about this winter but I can tell you that our oak trees are dropping a lot of acorns and they’re like bombs, we can hear them clunking on the deck and roof and getting hit in the head with one is a bit of a worry.

I was doing a first pass on the maple leaves with the blower and ended up corralling thousands of these. For some reason I can’t explain a half hour later I had two 5 gallon buckets full or primo acorns like this one.

Maybe I should make a deal with our squirrels: I give you these if you promise to stay off our bird feeders.