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Making Art, the Next Cicada Generation, and Current Reads

Making Art, the Next Cicada Generation, and Current Reads

The roaring sound of cicada tymbals has noticeably quieted. The next generation of periodical cicadas is young and silent. After hatching from eggs laid in trees, they will fall to the ground and tunnel into the earth, where they will live in darkness for years. These days it is the lightning bugs who are putting on a show.

Coots, New Art Supplies, and Current Reads

Coots, New Art Supplies, and Current Reads

In the northern hemisphere, spring has sprung. Avian migration has commenced. The buzz of insect wings grows louder. Spring peepers sing. Patient flowers that have waited out the snow are finally creeping up from the ground in their own time and beginning the rounds of blooming splendor.