On May 19th at a Blackland Prairie parcel in Pflugerville I noticed plenty of snails that had climbed both dead and living plants. When I got close to photograph the one shown here I noticed an insect egg on a filament attached to the dead stalk. I take the egg to be from a lacewing.

By getting the camera below the shell and aiming partly upward, I was able to include in the lower third of the frame a white cloud that somewhat mimicked the rounded shape of the shell. Oh, those clever photographers.

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I call to your attention Ayaan Hirsi Ali's insightful June 4th article in the Free Press, "We Have Been Subverted. The sub-head asks: "What is at stake in our ability to see the threat plainly?" The answer follows immediately: "Nothing less than the preservation of our way of life."

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