I was outside yesterday evening with the kids and dogs.
I noticed the dogs like the wimpy crinkly water bottles. The Chihuahuas do anyway. Bayliss only prefers his hedgehog plush. He doesn’t really play with it. Carries it around sometimes.
I wonder if these bottles are safe? I know they actually put them in some dog toys. I may have to fashion covers. We have lots of singleton socks.
The kids were playing tag-you’re-it. So I joined in. Hey, I can run.
My numb toe is well. Of, course I didn’t last long. I wasn’t out of breath just kinda stopped. It was like a clear understanding. You oughta stop now, dummy. So…I did.
You know lightning bugs ain’t easy to catch. I used to catch them like crazy. Sure, I was only 9yo at the time.
So was my exciting evening.
Ol’beck. Livin’ on the wild side.
Wow! I haven’t seen lightning bugs in 35-40 years — I thought they were extinct. The only firefly I’ve seen is that goofy show with Captain Tightpants.
When I moved to the country seven years ago, we had lots of lightning bugs and lots of bats. The bats kept the mosquitos down. Now there are no lightning bugs or bats. Plenty of mosquitos though.
We have a few hundred every evening.
The new twist on tag-you’re-it: If you’re it you have to chase with the poor thing clenched in your nasty little fist and not squish it.
Altho’, come to find out your palm glows for a minute if you do.
And, according to lil’Miss Troublemaker they bite. 
I actually have been spotting them in my barn security cam this summer. I noticed some odd transient effects so I hauled myself down and popped the door to look and my yard had fireflies [squee] [I may be 62 but I can still enjoy firefly magic]
Are you sure they weren’t aliens🤔
We occasionally buy a case of crinkly bottled water specifically for the sake of having the empties for dog toys.
Can you ever be completely sure?
I was sitting on the deck step, this morning, after walking with a crinkly bottle of cold water. I hadn’t opened it yet.
Here comes Dillon the Villain to greet me.
Nope.
He grabbed the full bottle. Before he could abscond with his prize he bit down. I got a face full of water.
Very refreshing!
Here in central Indiana we have lots of lightning bugs. Slow ones, that even I can catch.
My theory(pulled it out of my ass):
It hot as hell here. Lightning bugs have a hot butt. They’re trying to fly away from it. This is why they’re faster.
Thank you, Thank you.
Watch for my published paper!