Here today...gone tomorrow

[Drone]

Right now, where I am situated, we're right in the middle of lightning bug season. I never fail to find them lovely and captivating.

Anyone else experiencing that special, limited time when something wondrous is in your environment for the time being? Even if this isn't exactly that moment on the calendar, mention the object/condition/whatever anyway and why it holds such sway for you!!!

 

[RoJoHen]

Something wondrous? No. Just lots of junebugs, gnats, spiders, and centipedes. I want them all to die.

 

[Pondwater]

Something wondrous? No. Just lots of junebugs, gnats, spiders, and centipedes. I want them all to die.

And roaches. They're a year round terror.

 

[RoJoHen]

Something wondrous? No. Just lots of junebugs, gnats, spiders, and centipedes. I want them all to die.

And roaches. They're a year round terror.

Ew. If that's true, you should call an exterminator.

 

[Pondwater]

Something wondrous? No. Just lots of junebugs, gnats, spiders, and centipedes. I want them all to die.

And roaches. They're a year round terror.

Ew. If that's true, you should call an exterminator.

That's taken care of at home. I'm talking about outside on the sidewalk at work and the back door.

 

[RoJoHen]

And roaches. They're a year round terror.

Ew. If that's true, you should call an exterminator.

That's taken care of at home. I'm talking about outside on the sidewalk at work and the back door.

Well...then work needs an exterminator!

Roaches are awful.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I have to consider myself very lucky. We only have bush roaches that never enter houses. No termites either.

As to the opening post - in the last few years we have seen the return of whales to the Derwent River during our winter months. The were absent for many decades due to declines in their numbers.

 

[sojourner]

There's that month or so in Florida where it's pleasantly cool enough to wear more than shorts and a T-shirt.

 

[auntiehill]

Most of the year, it's ungodly hot with a large assortment of nasty, tropical bugs that are roughly the size of a VW. However, in the spring--usually March or April--the wildflowers come up: Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush, Morning Glory, etc. It's lovely, especially if I have to drive up to Austin.

 

[bbailey861]

...in the last few years we have seen the return of whales to the Derwent River during our winter months. The were absent for many decades due to declines in their numbers.

That is marvellous news.

 

[mari]

Peep frog season. The sound of the peepers at night, and then sometimes you get a couple stuck on the screen door (they're not very bright).

On the other end of the year, that one good day in the fall where it's clear and crisp but not freezing and everything smells like wood smoke.

I'm jealous of people who get lightning bugs, I can't remember ever having more than one or two who got lost passing through my yard.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

in summer there are tiny bats flying over my terrace in the evening. They are very quick and elegant fliers and if one happens to aim directly at me I can even hear their sounds. My neighbour and I use to sit on the stairs to the terrace and watch them

In a park a block away there is a pond with about a dozen of frogs. I love to listen to them Reminds me of my childhood when we would have the windows open all night and could hear the frogs down at the river.

 

[Miss Chicken]

...in the last few years we have seen the return of whales to the Derwent River during our winter months. The were absent for many decades due to declines in their numbers.

That is marvellous news.

In 2010 a southern right whale gave birth to a calf in the Derwent. This birth was the first in the river in about 190 years. Before white settlement the Derwent used to be a whale nursery due to its sheltered and deep waters.

 

[Robert D. Robot]

I, too, have a neat memory regarding bats. We had gotten into a hotel in Arizona late at night. My girlfriend at the time was just exhausted from our drive that day & she collapsed into bed. The hotel had a great outdoor pool & hot tub, though, and I wanted to relax in that warm water & cool desert night air under the stars. The pool area was very dimly lit, and I sat in the corner of the pool watching a bat swoop repeatedly in over the pool, almost skimming the water as it snatched up tiny insects hovering there. To this day, I wish my girlfriend could have stayed awake just a bit longer!

 

[Trekker4747]

Oh god, please tell me this is going to be a light year for cicadas.

 

[RoJoHen]

Oh god, please tell me this is going to be a light year for cicadas.

Quite the opposite, actually.

http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_cf3d09db-d0d9-5a7e-88ca-5ed1825f6c46.html#.U4yk2i0FuoE.twitter

 

[Velocity]

I have several finch feeders hung in my back yard and the little goldfinches are gorgeous in their courting colors. The males are only bright yellow during mating season.

 

[iguana_tonante]

I love that moment in late spring, around May or so, when the temperature is warm and inviting and the sun shines brightly in the azure sky, that brings out, seemingly out of nowhere, lots of pretty ladies in short dresses.

I mean, from a purely scientific point of view, of course.

 

[Mary Ann]

I've spotted quite a few bumble bees in our garden over the past few days. That may not sound exceptional, but the overall bee population has been worryingly low over the past few days, so seeing so many is a good sign. Two summers ago we saw virtually no bees all spring and summer. As a result the crop from the fruit trees was dismal.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

that brings out, seemingly out of nowhere, lots of pretty ladies in short dresses.

I mean, from a purely scientific point of view, of course.

LOL am I right to assume your wife lurks?