I know, technically it is not an insect!
In the afternoon, the sun came out, and I finally got around to cleaning up after the wood cutting I had done in midwinter. In the heap of cut wood, this maple twig was budding.
It is a very moving thing to see plants that have been cut and removed from their environment and yet try to bud. Last week, some garlic cloves in the refrigerator, and even a red cabbage head that had been cut in half, had done just that. It is not surprising that the ancients thought of Spring as a goddess - it is not just the longer days and the milder temperatures that plants respond to, if they germinate in the dark, inside of a refrigerator.
The neighborhood cats have also been quite active. All of a sudden, there seem to be more of them out, and when you see one, there are always a few other nearby. As I picked up my firewood, I found that earthworms are seeking out each other, too. There are four of them in this picture, all tangled u with each other.
You will be relieved to know that I made sure they were safe back on the ground, and covered them up with some dirt. I am not one of those people who pass judgement on others' sexual costumes.
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