Wordless Wednesday...Before and After
There are some Before and Afters that Mother Nature gives us that surpass anything even the best Home Stager could offer.
(these were on our gate when we came home from our walk! How lucky is that!)
I can remember standing by a tall tree in the front yard of my piano teacher’s as I waited for my mother to pick me up from my lesson. At certain times of the year, there would be these empty "shells" hanging on the tree. Even then I was fascinated by them...so much so I had dozens of these empty vessels stashed away in a plastic bag so I could examine them. (well… I did until my mother made me throw them out)
Then when we moved to Leesburg, VA, our real estate agent warned us that it was the year of the cicadas and to buy some earplugs. She wasn’t kidding! Our home had gorgeous woods behind it and for several nights we were serenaded by these interesting creatures.
While there are over 3000 species of cicadas, they fall primarily into three categories...Annual, which emerge every year and Periodicals, which only emerge every 10 years to 20 years and somewhere in between and Proto-Periodicals. You can learn more about them here.
Have you seen any in your area?
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