Today

Photos taken with my phone on our walk this morning.

1. Carolina ruellia - wild petunia
2. Female common whitetail dragonfly
3. Praying mantis
4. I'm not even sure what kind of tree this is! Oak? Maple?
5. What's left after a cicada has emerged

It might be noted that while some areas not too far here are having lots and lots of cicadas - an emergence of the 17 year variety, evidently. We are not. I haven't heard a single cicada yet. But this shell was one of three I saw this morning - so maybe I'll start hearing/seeing some soon.