A tiny monarch butterfly caterpillar on a milkweed leaf. August 3, 2018 Gail Batt Even though they look down on me, I’m happy to see the sunflowers doing so well. The many flowers of the burdock can symbolize abundance, but I find its burs clingy. A hopeful sign that the believed-to-be extinct chainsaw-billed woodpecker might still exist. I’m working at a fine county fair and wondering if the cattail was the inspiration for a corn dog. Buff Orpington would be the perfect name for the star of yet another bad reality TV show. An official greeter at the Freeborn County Fair.