🦗🪲🪳🪰🦋 Si-kay-DUH

You can hear them now. Chattering amongst the trees throughout the forest and making their presence known in the city. It is a specific sound. One that is unmistakable. As it grows and the crescendo approaches, they all seemingly in unison, announce their presence.

They are the Cicada. One person might tell you it is the most annoying sound in the world. Another might say it is their favorite alarm clock during the late Spring and early Summer. I tend to enjoy the unique choir that they add to the beauty of nature.

Have you ever heard them? Some would say it is a rattling of tiny bones. I think it sounds like a high-pitched didgeridoo. What I like about it, is how it makes its way across the available space sound can travel.

If one were to listen closely, you can hear the way it happens. In the distance, you'll start to notice a faint sound that gets louder and louder, almost deafening, until sweeps past you and rushes through the air. Then it slowly fades and repeats. Sometimes a little faster or slower. But it is definitely a sound wave of it's own.

If you've seen husks such as those, you probably know what I'm talking about. This year, a massive hatching of what they call the '17 year' cycle ones are present. They are typically much smaller and in more vast numbers than their larger green 'annual' cousins.

Maybe it's just my weird science brained affinity for bugs that fascinates me with the chorus and beady little red eyes. Maybe a part of me wants to round a bunch up and try a few of theses recipes I keep hearing. I do like water bugs. 🦐🦞🦀 Ha! Regardless though, however you choose to look at them, REMEMBER TO BE YOU! I always am, because, I am.