Katherine Thunherst
Making Art, the Next Cicada Generation, and ...

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.

Making Art, the Next Cicada Generation, and Current Reads

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Puddles and their Avian Occupants

Puddles and their Avian Occupants

Blades of grass poke through the surface of water that pooled on the ground after a rain. Mallards wade in it. A closer look reveals wood ducks to be there as well. An even closer look reveals snipes standing still in the water’s outskirts where the ground is muddy.