What I'm Reading This Week #22
Howdy do and welcome to the last Friday of May. 😑 Even though it was a short week, it always seems just a tinge longer than the previous week. I'm getting antsy because I want to see blooms. When you're growing from seed, it requires a patience I don't naturally have and trying to keep things from getting to everything before it has a chance to. Then reading about some God awful hornworm that can just come in and decimate your tomato plants overnight. It makes me wonder at what point do I put up the insect netting over the bucket veggies. Other than that, not much else going on this week. Let's hop straight into: Does Walking Build Muscle, Burn Fat, or Both ? (The part about e-scooters is often a discussion as kids on them and e bikes rocket past us in the park or on a sidewalk going 20 mph. These kids are going to have ZERO muscle.) Eat This, Not That: 12 Powerful Foods That May Help Lower High Cholesterol After 50 (I need...
We have quite a few in the later summer months. I think it's partially due to the field. The whole backyard will light up as they dance and mingle and it's very relaxing to watch.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid we had tons of fireflies and this was in the suburbs. That has definitely dropped off since then but even when we first moved in here we had way more the first year or so. I never minded having them around. It is funny how they are the friendly bug that are the one exception to any other insect in terms of having them land on you. I am not sure their trust in humans is in their best interest though.
ReplyDeleteAs a kid we lost our minds chasing them down. We could collect a mason jar full enough to act as a nightlight. I miss them. We have a dangerously steep hill in our back yard and have converted it to a meadow in hopes of helping the bees, butterflies, birds and other bugs.
ReplyDeleteWhere I grew up and where I live now are both too try for fireflies. I remember seeing them a couple of times when we visited my out of state grandparents and they were pretty neat, but I think both of my grandparents (maternal grandma, paternal grandpa) lived too far north for there to be a lot of them b/c I don't ever remember there being more than a few.
ReplyDeleteThe coolest firefly memory I have was when we went to Cozumel for spring break a few years ago. We went for a walk near the house we rented and the kiddo started asking what the weird lights in the bushes were. So we went and took a look and they were covered in fireflies. It was so neat, the most I'd ever seen in one place.