Contentment by design - Living - Places photo #1134

Late summer flowers are blooming right now along the way of my daily walk, including Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) blossoming from vines growing amongst Wild Plum bushes.

Another attraction along the way is a large ant mound that is in a field. It is such a big mound, a couple feet across, maybe 18″ high, and all made of tiny grains of stone. It's been there for a few years now. I don't see the ants very often, but they're not very big, so it's amazing that they've made such a big mound, and that they keep it in such nice shape all year around. Sometimes it gets a bit eroded by heavy rains, but within a couple days, it's all tidied up again. I always wonder what it must be like within the mound … a maze of tunnels and storage spaces, I suppose.

See also: What's Inside An Anthill?⩘ by Insider Science, YouTube.