It's never enough

Spring, that is and after the past couple of warm days that we've had, I have really been in the mood for spring.  Even opened up the window. All I needed was a cold glass of lemonade and for someone to mow some grass!  It's been pure heaven!

With spring, comes the first days of summer and the arrival of the fireflies, but in my neck of the woods they were referred to as lightening bugs. My sister and I would play for hours trying to catch those little boogers.  Grabbing one of moms old jelly mason jars, we'd head out to the backyard to see how many we could catch before we had to go in the house.

There is an art to catching lightening bugs.  Those little suckers are smart.  It's a lot easier to catch them when it is just about dusk, but once the gets completely dark, you have to really have a knack for it. Sometimes my sister and I would use a little tag team action. One would be in charge of catching the lightening bugs and the other would be the 'keeper of the jar.'  We eventually traded off to make it fair.

Looking back now, I am thinking that running barefoot through the grass, in the dark, around trees, with a glass jar wasn't such a smart idea.  But boy was it fun. If my memory serves me correctly though, the biggest injury was one of us stepping on one of those blasted thistle bushes.  We were lucky. Mom would eventually have to threaten us or sometimes she would bribe us with the promise of popcorn and Pepsi, if we would come inside and get our baths.  Those were the days!  And yes, we did let the lightening bugs out of the jar. . .after our bath. :)

So until tomorrow. . . .Happy COLLECTING!!!!