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Brood X (Brood 10) or "the Great Eastern Brood," is one of 15 broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the eastern United States. It has the greatest range and concentration of any of the 17-year cicadas. The brood's first major emergence after 2021 is predicted to occur during 2038.
Found literally millions at Huntley Meadows Park in Virginia this morning - entomologist's dream....
Every teenager deserves some downtime from a family on a day out looking at sculpture.
My excellent Son grabbed an opportunity to get some space
If you look at this rainbow trout, you can see the tail fin is actually round and paddle like. The other photo shows the fish has really runty-looking pectoral fins. This is from years of living in crowded concrete raceways of the hatchery. Every year the DNR releases some of their old breeders into the river -- sort of like putting them out to pasture. They are usually a lot more gullible than the brown and they usually have some size to them. ( 4 Dec. 2010.)
Sitting at a light, leaving work, I noticed this tower against the darkening sky and quickly took a shot out the window just before the light turned green. I like the detailed silhouette of the tower, and the tree, the post and wires, but they didn't come out very clearly, so I plan to revisit this later to see if I can get a better shot. I liked the mood of the sky as well.
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For the first few days, quail chicks get some sticky shelf liner in the bottom of their cage, to prevent them from having splayed legs. The water (in the lid from a jar) has marbles in it to keep the chicks from falling in and drowning.
I had a little peek into the nest box this morning to find the female Bluetit sitting on the nest. She has been there for about 4 days now, so I am hopeing she has laid a few small eggs. The male pops in every so often with some food for her, so he is keeping her nurrished.
Advent 9 (Dec. 7)
Luke 3:7: John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Not exactly a brood, but a snake none-the-less.
“Brood of vipers” doesn’t exactly seem like the kind of phrase that might win friends and influence people. But then again, John wasn’t trying to win friends. He was trying to win friends, he was trying to prepare people for the coming of Christ. And trying to tell the crowd that if they were to be baptized, they’d better be serious about it. Which means they’d better repent, and turn from their current ways. I hope I am not a “viper”, but are there ways that I need to pay more attention to how my good intentions don’t always add up to reflecting the love and power and message of Christ