Wildflowers are my favorite kind of flowers. They are unassuming, unapologetic, and unplanned. They do not care about boundaries or man-made rules. They seem to simply pop into view and bloom to their hearts’ content until they are finished making their corner of the world a little bit more colorful. A few days ago, a … [Read more…]
Below recording is the constant sound we are hearing outside these past couple of weeks in Virginia. These cicadas are identified as Brood II cicadas and started hatching… is that the word?… earlier this month, and they are filling the atmosphere with their mating song. After the mating, the new generation will bury themselves underground and … [Read more…]