Today I toured the American Queen for research purposes for my cozy mystery. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a good photo of the boat so I had to ‘borrow’ a photo from their Facebook page!
I did get lots of information from COO Ted Sykes, and was treated to the Million Dollar tour. He was so helpful and so passionate about our river heritage.
At some point in the next year, I will take a riverboat cruise on the American Queen! It is the Waldorf Astoria of river boats. There was so much beautiful mahogany wood everywhere. I’ll be adding photos along as I work on the book.
Now for the answer to last week’s Mystery Question and then on to next week’s:
This week’s question comes from police blotter reports again. One of the four reports is false. It’s up to you to guess which one.
- A resident called the police when five pounds of bacon went missing. Upon investigating, the man’s wife finally admitted she had gotten up in the middle of the night for a late night snack and had been afraid to admit it.
- A woman called 911 after not being able to get her friend to the door. When the police arrived, they broke down the door and found the house empty. At the same time, police were called to the woman’s house because a friend hadn’t gotten a response to her pounding on the door. Both women had passed each other on their way to check up on the other.
- A man brought in a half-eaten cucumber to the police, saying someone he didn’t trust had given him the cucumber and he’d thrown it in the woods near his house. During the night he heard a coyote hacking and coughing and crying in the woods. The next morning he’d found the cucumber and no coyote and he thought the cucumber was poisoned.
- A couple discovered a thief in the home after the homeowner told a joke and heard a laugh upstairs.
And the answer is…you know every one of these stories sounds too crazy to be true. But, it’s #2.
This week’s Question:
As I drove to Memphis today, I saw my first Woolly Bear. And that’s what the Mystery Question is–What is a Woolly Bear? Now don’t go Google the answer. 🙂
- It’s a Mississippi black bear with black fur and a reddish tinge.
- It’s a wild pig with curly black hair.
- It’s a caterpillar that’s sometimes black.
- It’s a black groundhog.
Next week I’ll give the answer and explain why I was so excited to see it. Be sure to tweet about the blog! (please)
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I think it is a woolly worm!
Or I guess I should say caterpirllar, #2.
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I do believe most of you know what a woolly bear is! Thanks Ellen for stopping by and commenting.
A caterpillar. I remember that from childhood.
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Cindy, right you are! Thanks for stopping by and come back next week to hear more about them.
A woolly bear is a caterpillar… not good if you’ve seen one already… early winter sign Up north we say if there’s more black than brown coloring on one it will be a tougher winter. By chance do you know of the childhood poem I’ve lost track of, something to the effect of Woolley bears wear… in the wintertime… ???
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I’ve seen one already and it was solid black. :-/ I don’t know the poem, Elaine, and wasn’t able to find one other than a Scottish one, but it didn’t mention anything about what they wear. Maybe some of my other readers…
A Woolly bear is a caterpillar!
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So right Caryl. I didn’t fool anyone. lol
It is a caterpillar that tells how bad a winter we are going to have by how fat and thick it is!
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I know and guess what? This one was fat and big enough for me to see crawling across the highway. Not good, Paula, not good at all!
It is q caterpillar!
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Okay, I think I have a question everyone knows the answer to! Thanks for stopping by Lisa.
caterpillar! I haven’t seen any in a long time. And I live in Memphis. lol!
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Dana, I saw it on Hwy 72 in Marshall County. Or maybe Benton County, near Ashland. I don’t remember seeing any last year.
Wow! If the wive’s tale is true, then I’m worried about a cold winter. Uggh
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Ugg from me, too!! 🙂
I’ve never heard them called wooly bears but I have heard of wooly worms. I vote for #3.
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Edward, I think they are called different things in different part of the country. 🙂
I know that it’s a caterpillar but now I’m curious about how it got the name woolly bear. Thanks for posting.
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Dee, woolly bears get their name because they hibernate like bears. Then in the spring, they spin a cocoon and later emerge as the Tiger moth. Here’s a neat article on them: http://www.mynatureapps.com/observing-the-woolly-bear/