In the corner of a golf course are a couple of established oak trees as well as an old tree stump. Usually after a rain, a variety of mushrooms pops up from the earth in this very corner.
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.
