Nature in the Ozarks: Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) http://bit.ly/nYqSSf

Hodgepodgery Blog Post: Ice Cream and All That Jazz http://bit.ly/oJqxND

Do we gamble at the art fair or at the casinos? Hodgepodgery http://bit.ly/l6rbNg

Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) on Nature in the Ozarks http://bit.ly/jJDrfT

Male Io Moth on Nature in the Ozarks: http://bit.ly/kox5XO

Not uncommon, but still an awesome moth. Pandorus Sphinx - Eumorpha pandorus - BugGuide.Net http://bit.ly/iQKwWv

Question Mark butterfly in winter form. Species details: http://tinyurl.com/yfh75x3

I think the guys doing the cooking were consuming all the beer marinade. @Gwendolen

Rusty and Bucket enjoy helping in the garden. :-)

Ignore the photographer and maybe he'll go away.

Promised blue sky and sunshine is finally happening.

After a couple of days of below freezing temps, many frost flowers were in bloom. Related blog post: http://tinyurl.com/9drj3y

PM Walk: Ice flows along the bluff.

Wife drove off and left her emergency brakes.