is it really 17 years already....YUCK!!!

 no,

not since I last posted

but since the

terrifying martian monsters were here

CICADAS

bugs from under the ground that come every 17 years to

emerge

mate and die

they 

"sing"

a trilling call

that when first heard 

sounds just exactly completely  like

UFOS

in cheesy UFO movies

it's horrible

HORRIBLE 

I tell you

they come out of these shells

YUCK!!!

I found this one half out

YUCK!!!!

DOUBLE YUCK!!!!!!

they are now everywhere

the cool weather has kept the numbers down but the heat is back so....

you have to step lightly when outside

or there is a stomach churning

crunch......

that sets me running for the cover

of the great 

INDOORS

to all things familiar

non alien

and

safe

AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

and if these are good for anything 

other than gliding and looking cute

someone hopefully has a big chance of 

many many 

 crunchy 

SNACKS

YUCK!!!!!!  YERK!!!!!!  ICK!!!!!!   BARF!!!!!!!!!

:) :) :) :)

(I don't do bugs)

(see how big the babies are ....they look like gooses now... not yellow balls of fluff !!!!

and they know how to "bottoms up" without choking!!!!)