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No Mow May strives to help bees, butterflies
An initiative to aid bees and other pollinators by not mowing has caught on this spring in at least two Maine communities, Rockland and Portland. Photo by David Dahl. Spreading like dandelion fluff, a “No Mow May” initiative to aid bees and other pollinators is using seed in Maine. It began when two Rockland residents despatched Town Councilor Nathan Davis a New York Situations photo essay about how this motion had swept Wisconsin in recent many years. “This is something the folks of Rockland could get driving,” he recalled pondering, and he was appropriate. The council supported the take care of unanimously, and Rockland grew to become Maine’s 1st “No Mow…
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A new curiosity shop in Colorado Springs shows the beauty of dead butterflies | Arts & Entertainment
The sight of dead things usually doesn’t bring a love song to mind. Walking into this new downtown Colorado Springs shop, there’s a black Christmas tree covered with skeleton ornaments in the corner. Framed and unmoving insects hang on the walls alongside paintings inspired by horror movies. It’s the owners, two bearded guys sometimes dapperly dressed up in flowery button down shirts, vests and ties, who make you want to play a Kacey Musgraves tune called “Butterflies.” ABOVE: A framed orb-weaver spider art piece by Andrew Cronk at Cronk Art & Curiosities. “Every kid has a bug phase,” Cronk says. “I never left the bug phase.” Chancey Bush, The Gazette…
