17 days, and we wait....
....they tell us THEY will be here in about 17 days.
it's all rage in my part of the land these days.
the media, of course can't stop talking about it.
it will be a summer not to be soon forgotten.
the newspapers are not just printing news stories about THEM, but recipes. Yep! i'm not kidding.
while THEY'VE been hibernating for 17 years, i'm told our only relief from THEM will be to hibernate in our homes with windows close and air-conditioning on to block out the noise. for 6 weeks. while THEY "do THEIR thing."
we won't need to worry about decorative wood-chips around the trees in our yards. people tell me 17 years ago the shells piled up around the bases of trees, "looked just like wood-chips", the veterns say.
so this wouldn't be a good summer for putting up a sheet on the side of the garage, getting a projector and showing a good-old-neighborhood-summer-evening-film like Year of the Locust?!?!
{the 17 year cicadas are on their way}
here's my strategy for walking the dog: ipod for me, muzzle for him. because he will think THEY are dog treats! and he has a sensitive stomach and we're at the vet for everything. i can see it coming.
