Lindsey Barnes

1 Introduction Insects are often the most abundant organisms in freshwater ecosystems and perform essential ecological roles such as litter decomposition, nutrient retention, food sources, and algae removal (Suter II and Cormier 2015, Samways 2020). While aquatic invertebrate communities have been well documented for freshwater quality assessments and as bioindicators of forest health (Sigutová et al. 2019; Das and Maity 2021; Eriksen et al.

But they do it on tv! It is a common assumption that the renovations you see on tv or from Instagram personalities are what you should expect if you hired a designer and contractor. But as the saying goes “As Seen on TV” is not how it actually happens in real life. The budgets, timelines and results from these tv shows or Instagram accounts give homeowners a false sense of pretty much everything. So what is the truth?

As little as I know about art, I know this: Art is subjective. If the kid believes it’s “art,” who am I to say otherwise? If you are now, or have ever been, the parent of a toddler, you know exactly why “art” is in quotes. While these mini-masterpieces take many shapes and forms, few of them are what one might call gallery-ready. These are the nine phases we go through with our toddler “art.” 1.