We have both read children's books with fireflys and heard of them, but never seen them until Arkansas. They are magical! As we drive around at night or dusk we see them dancing in fields. Often it looks like someone has strung a line of twinkling christmas lights. We were determined to catch them and even stayed out until midnight one night to do so. I know, we are really boring. The sad part is we never caught one! They light up for like a second, the go black for 10 or so before they light up again. We could see the light, then they would dissappear into the darkness. The next day we were smarter about this and went out at dusk so we could still see them after the glow went out. We both sucessfully caught one! I swear, we are like little kids. People driving by must think we are crazy.
Our other outdoor friends reside in the pond in the back of our complex. We have about 20 small turtles that we will visit on walks. We really enjoy all the friendly creatures of Arkansas. We haven't met the chiggers yet, and are very grateful for that.
5 comments:
This looks so fun! Nate and I always say that we wish you guys still lived here so we could play together. Sounds like you are having a fun adventure back there!
p.s. Thanks for the shoutout in your other post :)
I love it Katie! :) How fun!
That seems like so much fun :)
I remember my first firefly I caught when I lived out there. His name was Fred, Fred the Firefly. I put him in a jar just like your guys and set him next to me bed for a night before I let him go. Anytime I wanted him to light up I would just bump the jar. Good times...I do miss seeing them light up in the fields, it is kinda magical
Cute! I LOVE those pictures of you guys.
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