FIREFLIES!
We’ve not seen those here for such a long time. About 10 or 12 years ago they were seen in their magical flight. Like the bees, these small creatures are diminishing in population. Traveling through Louisiana one summer evening, they were more than abundant! Unfortunately, a good number of them were found on the windshield of the vehicle.
Fireflies, lightening bugs, these will always fascinate the young and young at heart.
Stopped by to leave a link to more home remedy suggestions:
https://newengland.com/category/living/home-remedies/
Do hope your arms and hands are receiving some much needed TLC.
If you enjoy fireflies make a summer pilgrimage up to Elkmont in the Smokies. Rare synchronous fireflies, they all go off at once. Mesmerizing. It’s gotten so popular that tour buses show up with park rangers on hand to direct traffic. Bring your lawn chairs.
Neat, I like the cross thread posting :-)
I didn’t realize fire flies were becoming endangered. That would be so sad. Perhaps I should look at what they eat and put some out or make little homes for them.
Yes, I was just informed by a local who was mowing my grass that they are called lightning bugs. I don’t think I’ll remember that one, fireflies just sound cuter. Although I was pretty disappointed when I finally saw one up close, they are indeed, a bug!
Buggy I can remember, instead of shopping cart. It’s a cute name. It’s really cute to see some big he-man ask where the buggies are. lol!
Thanks for the well wishes on the arms. I think they are getting better, slowly. They would do better if I was smarter. But every time they start to feel better I just automatically do something. I hate to just sit around. Last night they were doing OK so I planted some basil. Just seeds. Not real strenuous and not a lot of work, but still… I should’ve waited.
i’ll look into your website real quick now!
I’ll have to try the vanilla recipe for a skunk odor. My little 5 pound Yorky has been sprayed six times now. And he’s been here for two summers. When I told the vet about that, telling her that we were hoping he learned his lesson, she told us we better give up. With that many sprays, he’s not figuring it out.
We’ve been doing the concoction on MythBusters, we swear by that show :-). It’s a quart of hydrogen peroxide, mixed with baking soda, I think about a quarter cup, and a couple of drops of dawn dish detergent. The only problem with that is you can’t get it around his eyes. And he always seems to get sprayed in his face. And then it turns his coat and interesting shade of red, after two or three washings in one summer. That was when we took him to the vet, and she said she had never seen a Yorky quite that shade of red, lol! So I had to confess about his little skunk habit.
I’m going to go stretch my arms now and then ice them. I took some cardboard to the dump today. It was light and I had to do was put One piece at a time in the dumpster. But still, now my arms are tingling a bit- telling me the pain is on its way. Nice to get a warning :-( I’ll check in in a while.