Kentucky Christmas trees?

[Freedom]

I imagine there are already some on YouTube but I can't access that website at work.

Ask and you shall receive! I hadn't thought of looking on there!


Love the music on this one - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr4MQ7vZrkM

[krazyaboutkatz]

I haven't seen lightening bugs in years. Me and my brothers used to love catching them and putting them in jars. I grew up in both PA and SC. This thread brings back some wonderful childhood memories. Thanks Richard.

[wombat2u2004]

Wow, cool bananas.
I've never seen them....only something similar that live in caves I used to see on my spelunking trips.
I suppose they are not the same tho.....a bit the same.

[RICHARD]

Wow, cool bananas.
I've never seen them....only something similar that live in caves I used to see on my spelunking trips.
I suppose they are not the same tho.....a bit the same.

The absolute best part?

To be able to stand amongst them while the rise up from the ground.

I have mowed the back lawn a few times and now I can navigate the area w/o tripping on the tufts of grass in the dark.

I have found myself looking for excuses to go outdoors, after dark, to stand out there for a few minutes.

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The first time I did that was a little unreal.

As you try and focus on them rising up from the grass, you lose your sense of balance! I guess it's a spatial thing that got thrown off inside my head-but that - along with the idea that I was seeing something that I had only heard about in books and in movies was quite a rush.

Yes, you do want to run about and catch one- just to see what they look like up close...I guess that will have to wait until I get over the rush of seeing something I really wasn't prepared for.

(My next science project is to find out what are those freaking noisy insects in the trees!)

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I'm seeing less and less of them every year for some reason, but I had one on my window just the other night. I read somewhere that toads love them and will eat them until their tummies glow.

[happylabs]

I'm seeing less and less of them every year for some reason, but I had one on my window just the other night. I read somewhere that toads love them and will eat them until their tummies glow.

That is funny about the frogs! I was thinking the fireflies were most likely bitter tasting but maybe frogs like that.

We have lots of lightning bugs out my way. Would you like me to send you some?

[wombat2u2004]

We have lots of lightning bugs out my way. Would you like me to send you some?

Maybe we could do a trade. I have some mosquitoes I can swap for a few of those bugs of yours.