Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for July 20, 2012
July 19, 2012
July 21, 2012
Transcript:
Pasquale: I love lightning bugs!
Pasquale: I catch them...and then I let them go!
Guardian Angel: Uh...not that one!
Guardian Angel: He's a little skittish!
I still love to catch lightning bugs, especially when they’re flying slowly and are easy to scoop up. If you open your hand, they will just walk up your finger, light up, and fly away.
In my youth we didn’t have a TV. Some of the most fond memories were sitting on the porch with my sibs, mom, and dad in the evening after supper. A beautiful quiet evening with a soft breeze and lightening bugs everywhere. We would collect the bugs in fruit jars. Sometimes we just visited together on the porch. Occasionally, a neighbor or two would drop by and join the gossip fest. Great family times. Modern times have robbed us of a lot.
When I first came to St. Pete in the ’40’s, there were lightning bugs all over the place. Now, none. I saw some in PA about eight years ago. I believe WI has a few, too.
Possibly the funniest moment of my life happened while walking at dusk with an Aussie girl in upstate NY. All of sudden she grabs my arm and points into the woods, terror-stricken. “Wh-wh-what’s th-th-that?!” She thought the fireflies were glowing eyes. Too many horror flicks, maybe? (c:
I grew up in the midwest catching them, but my children were born in Nevada (too dry, too high) so when we visted relatives back east my 5 year old was amazed and amused by the bugs landing on her hand.
I have to say I did miss them, can’t say the same for fleas, ticks, and mosquitos…..
My memory was the time one of our resident geckos swallowed one and you could see it blinking for at least a half minute through the gecko’s translucent skin.
chromosome Premium Member over 12 years ago
I still love to catch lightning bugs, especially when they’re flying slowly and are easy to scoop up. If you open your hand, they will just walk up your finger, light up, and fly away.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
We don’t have them in Utah. The climate’s too dry or the altitude’s too high. I should take a trip back east one day to see them.
onetrack0246 over 12 years ago
Haven’t seen any here in yrs
Ottodesu over 12 years ago
I hope to see a lightning bug one day, before I die.
LeoAutodidact over 12 years ago
That’s the Firefly ‘Serenity’Wash is doing an Full burn in Atmo!
dahawk over 12 years ago
In my youth we didn’t have a TV. Some of the most fond memories were sitting on the porch with my sibs, mom, and dad in the evening after supper. A beautiful quiet evening with a soft breeze and lightening bugs everywhere. We would collect the bugs in fruit jars. Sometimes we just visited together on the porch. Occasionally, a neighbor or two would drop by and join the gossip fest. Great family times. Modern times have robbed us of a lot.
Gokie5 over 12 years ago
When I first came to St. Pete in the ’40’s, there were lightning bugs all over the place. Now, none. I saw some in PA about eight years ago. I believe WI has a few, too.
Kydex29 over 12 years ago
Possibly the funniest moment of my life happened while walking at dusk with an Aussie girl in upstate NY. All of sudden she grabs my arm and points into the woods, terror-stricken. “Wh-wh-what’s th-th-that?!” She thought the fireflies were glowing eyes. Too many horror flicks, maybe? (c:
RubyRedRing54 over 12 years ago
We still have them here in So. Illinois…my favorite part of Spring is seeing the first ones…
oskerw over 12 years ago
Lightning bug used the kaio-ken attack!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
A little Skittish seems to have thornlike protrusions. Pasquale should avoid it. Trifling with that one has a catch to it. Let it go!
water_moon over 12 years ago
I grew up in the midwest catching them, but my children were born in Nevada (too dry, too high) so when we visted relatives back east my 5 year old was amazed and amused by the bugs landing on her hand.
I have to say I did miss them, can’t say the same for fleas, ticks, and mosquitos…..
iced tea over 12 years ago
I love riding on a country road on a warm summer’s night-seeing all the fireflies lighting up the fields. It’s awesome.
hippogriff over 12 years ago
My memory was the time one of our resident geckos swallowed one and you could see it blinking for at least a half minute through the gecko’s translucent skin.