Looks like it should bark

This bundle of spines looks like the insect world’s answer to Shih Tzus. (Maybe a tiger moth caterpillar?)

FURRY – The fine spines on this caterpillar make it look downright furry!

Mother Goose

Goose and pair of goslings on a family outing in the rain in Goshen, Arkansas. There were two families of geese with goslings close in age. The group seemed to move together always in the two days we saw them.

Goose and goslings on a family outing in Goshen, Arkansas.

Two families of Canada geese stick together in a subdivision pond in Goshen, Arkansas.

Fungus

Nature’s composters are hard at work on this snag which tumped over last spring. Among them, several varieties of fungus, which are both beautiful and somewhat creepy.

WOOD EAR -- This fungus was a nondescript gray, except when backlit, taking on a vibrant red coloring. The veining almost made it look like some mammalian body part.

GRAY VELVET -- This fungus fell in folds like some gray velvet draped over the lichen.

HAPPY -- This fuzzley fungus looks like a rainbow with a tight palette.