Fireflies

2012-06-01T02:35:25Z

I was walking home from the subway this evening at twilight, and saw a firefly. I was startled and thought it might be a random reflection from the stone wall (which contains mica), so I watched until it blinked again. Then I called cattitude, who was walking through the park to meet me, and told him to keep an eye out. I saw another firefly on the other side of the wall, half a block north (less surprising, since there's grass on that side), and then nothing until we rendezvous'd. Cattitude said he had seen a firefly, after getting my call and crossing the street; we saw another, or the same one again, when we got back to that bit of the park.

It's May. The very end of May, but still May. I've gotten almost used to how many things are flowering early, but the fireflies are still a surprise. (I suspect that, as with most of the flowers that bloomed early, the firefly season will end earlier than usual this year.)

I was on my way home from the gym, so here's ( the usual gym stuff )

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Fireflies

2009-06-29T00:28:59Z

cattitude and I have just been out in the park watching fireflies.

He'd seen one or two earlier in the week, while he was outside in the evening. These are my first of the summer. Not one or two, but lots: dozens, I'd say. I caught one, let it crawl on me a moment, and then let go: not for any special reason, just that it's a thing I do in the summertime. And then went back to the park bench and watched the pale lights flicker above the lawn.

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Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

Fireflies

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