We have a shrub growing outside the downstairs room. Well, it's only three steps down from the kitchen into what used to be a garage and that now houses a fireplace, a piano, a couch and assorted chairs - plus the dog and the cat crates. But, when you step out into the side yard, you see a shrub that is taller than my head (but not as tall as the roof). It is full of small green leaves that last pretty much the year round.
When the nights start getting cooler we keep an eye on the thing because T's cousin Delma once told us that the plant predicts when the weather is about to turn colder; bringing a freeze our way. She said the shrub would bloom with lots of small white flowers before the frost and then the blossoms would fall off afterward - only to bloom again when the weather turns colder. We've been through enough cycles of this winter behavior to believe what Delma told us in her country wisdom.
Last Saturday, I got out of our car and glanced at the shrub. It is covered in tiny white blooms.
The weather forecast for next weekend calls for a cold front to come in on Friday.
I own a Weather Shell. (It's kind of like a Weather Rock, only much smaller.) It dangles from a string tied to an angled plastic stick and will let you know if you're experiencing anything from from a light zephyr to hurricane gales. But the shrub in our side yard is the best thing around for predicting cold weather ahead!
3 comments:
The flowers smell so good, too!
Now you've got me curious. I wonder what it is? You have a weather shrub and a weather shell.
I have a walking knee which lets me know when I've done too much of it. it can double as a weather knee, too.
Sunday will bring cooler weather. Yahoo.
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