Natural Weather Forecasters
WOODY June 3 at 3:00 p.m.
The other day I was watering the plants ____ the garden.
My neighbor went by and said, “The grass ____ dry at sunrise and that’s a good sign of rain.”
____ the afternoon, we had rain, and I was surprised.
I have noticed it ____ times since then.
____ you know anything about natural weather forecasters?
I’m just ____ Thanks.
GREENTHUMB June 3 at 3:51 p.m.
Have you ____ this flower before?
It’s a ____ glory.
It opens up ____ fine weather so that it can get lots of sunlight.
____ it is closed, rain and bad weather are on the way.
FLOWERLOVER June 3 at 5:20 p.m.
The same thing happens with the poor man’s weather ____
It never opens up in wet ____
Its closing ____ us that it’s going to be rainy.
You know ____
Its funny name comes from a ____ weather saying,
“When a rain storm is coming, the poor ____ is ready for a long break.”
WOODY June 3 at 6:00 p.m.
Thanks for ____
These flowers are such amazing weather ____
A pine ____ is another good weather forecaster.
To American Indians the pine cone has ____ a symbol of wisdom.
They have ____ old weather proverb, “When a pine cone closes up, rain is on the way.”
They have used this knowledge ____ farming for a long time.
____ Then why does a pine cone change its shape?
A pine ____ has the seeds of the pine tree.
The seeds must be light so that the ____ can blow them far away.
In wet weather, the pine cone closes ____ to keep its seeds dry and light.
When the time is ____ the cone opens up and spreads its seeds!