Kathleen in VA Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Anyone else live where acorns are falling all around you in a rapid fashion? We have the windows open to enjoy this wonderful fall weather (65 degrees) and I am hearing acorns plinking and plunking - on the house, the cars, the driveway - continually. I guess that's what happens when you live in a grove of oak trees.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 yes, we are enjoying it, too. It's SO beautiful up here in NH with all the vibrant colors! And I LOVE getting out the jeans and sweaters/sweatshirts! My potbellies love this time of year, too. They gain weight this time every year and then I'm forced to put them on a diet over the winter. :001_smile: It can be dangerous, though. When DS was a toddler he was standing beneath a tree with a Tonka hard hat. An acorn fell, bonked off his hat, and the hat BROKE! He just stood there looking confused. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Oh, that sounds lovely! I saw several oak trees with tons of "almost ready" acorns last week in the costco parking lot - made me realize that yep, autumn is really here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Okay, I live in the desert and have no such loveliness. I'm coming to visit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Yes, we have a steady stream of acorns and twigs falling. A lot of them seem to be falling because of the resident squirrels gathering twigs and acorns, and dropping them or knocking others loose in the process. (that is just my observation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Ohhhh yes. I like it at night when it's windy and the sound reminds me of rain. I *don't* like the ding marks in our vehicles, the extra yard work or getting pegged in the head. LOL It's a tradition at our house that the kids get a dollar if they get bonked in the head by an acorn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Autumn is here too. I can tell because most days it's cold, dreary and wet. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammaruss Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 It is raining acorns in my neck of the woods in Minnesota also! We went with some friends to an outdoors art event over the weekend and acorns were falling everywhere! Our friend unfortunately got hit square on the head by one and her head hurt for the rest of the day! Ds was busy collecting as many as his pockets would hold---even though we have our own at home...:w00t: I am hoping the wind would die down--I don't want the leaves blowing off quite yet-they are just starting to look beautiful with the array of colors!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 We don't have acorns up here. I did wake up to frost on everything though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in MO Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I love the autumn! My favorite season of the year. When my youngest daughter and I were doing botany for science one year, we learned that when oak trees shed lots of acorns, that process is called masting. Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 It is raining acorns in my neck of the woods in Minnesota also! We went with some friends to an outdoors art event over the weekend and acorns were falling everywhere! Our friend unfortunately got hit square on the head by one and her head hurt for the rest of the day! Ds was busy collecting as many as his pockets would hold---even though we have our own at home...:w00t: I am hoping the wind would die down--I don't want the leaves blowing off quite yet-they are just starting to look beautiful with the array of colors!! Dd10 fills bags and bags with them and wants to bring them in the house. Um...no! I told her to put them up in her "treehouse" (a wooden platform on 4x4 posts) so the squirrels can come get them to store for the winter.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly in FL Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Speaking of acorns...does anyone live in an area that has those nice-sized acorn caps for doing Waldorf-type crafts? Where I am in FL...our acorns are boring! Smiles! ~Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 Speaking of acorns...does anyone live in an area that has those nice-sized acorn caps for doing Waldorf-type crafts? Where I am in FL...our acorns are boring! Smiles! ~Holly How big do they need to be? I think our acorns are kind of smallish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly in FL Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm looking for the ones that are a good 3/4 of an inch to one inch in diameter...or, the "tall ones"...or, the fuzzy "burr acorn caps. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3567/3406384029_accc783ba2.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/3354280661_970de669dc.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rgO7-_HtSnI/SMSoLGRjV7I/AAAAAAAAAz8/lCyCNm4HM2U/s400/008.JPG Smiles! ~Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I wish! So many of our oak trees became sick and died. There are a few, of course, but not nearly as many as there were when I was younger. I can even remember the smell of the big old oak tree in our back yard in fall being blissfully different from the other ones! We have a horse chestnut tree and that guy rains down gigantic nuts - does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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