{"id":14878,"date":"2025-03-15T13:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/?p=14878"},"modified":"2025-03-15T13:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T18:22:05","slug":"fire-ant-flickers-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2025\/03\/15\/fire-ant-flickers-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Ant Flickers (#8)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Howdy, folks! Yesterday was Pi Day<\/a>, which is kind of fun (unless you’re math phobic), but not as fun as its tastier sibling, Pie Day. We ignored the former but celebrated the latter thanks to dear friends Audrey and Mike who delivered a cherry pie from the Bluebonnet Cafe<\/a> in Marble Falls. Forget beer; cherry pie is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve got a lot to cover, none of which is as important as cherry pie, but that’s never stopped me before, so hang on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

A Tale of Two Years<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

What a difference a year makes when a serious drought strikes. A photo popped up in my Facebook memories from this date in 2024, and it provided a sad contrast to the current conditions today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can drag the yellow slider to the left to see last year’s landscape outside our neighborhood and how the same scene looks today. (I couldn’t match the scenes precisely but they’re close enough to give you the sad overall picture.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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