Weird Illinois Weather
Between January 3rd and January 7th the temperature rose from a low of -5ºF to around 60ºF. The afternoon of January 7th an unusual storm, for that time of year, struck. A tornado touched down around fifteen miles from where I live. This tornado’s path stretched for thirteen miles.
The National Weather Service has a very interesting map and some pictures. You can see them on their page about this tornado.
Filed under Blog, Nature, Weather | Comment (0)Ice Encrusted Trees
We had an ice storm a little bit ago and another one today. The result of the ice storms is easy to see:
When the wind blows, the ice can be heard cracking:
Filed under Blog, Nature, Plants | Comment (0)Fully Grown Ant Lion
I mentioned in A Lion in a Quart Jar, that an ant lion is the larvae of a damselfly-like insect. You can see what an adult ant lion looks like in this picture:
And this picture:
My ant lion destroyed its funnel and didn’t build a new one. After a while, the ant lion emerged as an adult ant lion.
Filed under Blog, Insects, Nature | Comment (0)Cool Clover
We have a lot of clover in our yard and I like to look for special ones. I’ve found several four-leaf clovers and even a few five-leaf clovers, but today I found a six-leaf clover. Here’s a picture of it:
Maybe some day someone might find a seven-leaf clover!
Filed under Blog, Nature, Plants | Comment (0)Colossal Fungi
You might not think that these fungi are colossal, however they are quite large.
This mushroom is a little bit away from the other one:
For all I know those two mushrooms could be part of the same fungus.
