For those that missed out on the "wonderful" invasion of bugs this year, Western North Carolina (or at least parts of it) were swarmed with thousands upon thousands of nasty looking bugs and larvae called Cicadas.
The dogs ate them like popcorn, the boys were afraid of them, and they fly into you like crazy. We were infested.
They only appear once every 17 years and for weeks our neighborhood sounded like something from the Twilight Zone, like an alien spaceship. They produce an eerie noise that almost scares you at first. I thought it was some sort of landscaping tool or something... after a while you didn't hear it at all and it was soothing to listen to without listening. It was a soothing sound that I listened to during my labor and will always associate with Canyon's birth...
Well over the past month, the sound has dwindled, they are "attacking" us less and less, and we are seeing fewer and fewer. I guess it is time to say goodbye to these ugly, yet magnificent bugs that have left our trees poke-a-dotted and out children afraid of flying bugs.
See you again in 17 years you noisy little guys!
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