For no particular reason, here is a picture of a caterpillar:
This photo was taken just after sunset at Griffith Prairie – owned and managed by Prairie Plains Resource Institute. North of Aurora, Nebraska. June 27, 2006.
I was looking through some old photos and stumbled upon this one. I’d forgotten how much I liked it, and thought I’d share it with you.
Among other things, I like the “flyaway hair” of this caterpillar. I hope it brightens your day..
The melting and freezing of water can sure create beauty. During the last week, I’ve spent several days at our prairie cutting trees and playing with my kids. The wetland on the property is frozen enough for ice skating, but warm days/cold nights have allowed some thawing and freezing along the edges. That, in turn, has created some wonderful patterns in the ice. Here are a few of them.
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If you like this kind of ice pattern, you might also like similar photos from these two older posts:
https://prairieecologist.com/2012/02/03/photo-of-the-week-february-3-2012/
https://prairieecologist.com/2010/12/14/a-pleasant-winter-morning-in-a-prairie-wetland/
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