{"id":2125,"date":"2011-05-01T06:45:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T13:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2011-10-15T12:21:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-15T19:21:57","slug":"have-you-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/?p=2125","title":{"rendered":"Have you heard?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If not, you will be hearing it shortly.<\/p>\n<p>The cicadas have hatched.\u00a0 That&#8217;s right,\u00a0 after 13 years of waiting, they climbed out of their underground holes, and are shedding their skins in preparation for breeding season.\u00a0 A brief and loud season of ecstasy before they die and leave their young behind to repeat the process.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We woke to find them all over the property.\u00a0 But the barn was a particularly popular location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-2011-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2130\" title=\"cicadas\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-2011-002-e1304256916532-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-2011-002-e1304256916532-260x300.jpg 260w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-2011-002-e1304256916532-890x1024.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We even got to see some as they hatched.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-2011-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2131\" title=\"hatching\" src=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-2011-003-e1304257185616-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-2011-003-e1304257185616-264x300.jpg 264w, http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-2011-003-e1304257185616-903x1024.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am betting the heat of the day will bring quite a ruckus.<\/p>\n<p>I love stuff like this for a lot of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 I am a nature nerd at heart&#8212;raised on Mutual of Omaha&#8217;s Wild Kingdom and still watching Nature every Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Taking pictures of newly hatched cicadas and blogging about it beats doing the breakfast dishes anytime.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Doesn&#8217;t this count as an educational activity for the kids?\u00a0 Which means I&#8217;ve checked off an enrichment activity by 8am and can now let the kids zone out in front of the TV while I scrapbook.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 It lets me know that farming without tilling or spraying insecticides really does pay off in the end.\u00a0 Every cicada that hatches today tells me this farm is still healthy and safe.\u00a0 Which will keep me from running to the store for Round-Up to put on the fence line.\u00a0 (Even though I really, really, really want to!).<\/p>\n<p>For more info on this exciting phenomenon coming to the Piedmont area, check out this article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/content\/2011\/04\/13\/article\/cicadas_coming_to_the_carolinas\">http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/content\/2011\/04\/13\/article\/cicadas_coming_to_the_carolinas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If not, you will be hearing it shortly. 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