There were no fireflies in FL. At least not the part that I lived in.

It's almost like I had completely forgotten what magic&miracles looked like until I moved back north.

If I was gauging summer by fireflies and not heat though, I would have to say it's not yet summer even though it's been almost 90.

Not a lightening bug in sight!

(Lucky you )

There were no fireflies in FL. At least not the part that I lived in.

That's 'cause the mosquitoes ate them.

There's a phenomena that only happens in a few places on the planet where the lightningbugs will blink in sync. One of those places was about a day trip away from us Back East in the Western NC/Eastern TN mountains. We didn't get a chance to see it, unfortunately.

I'm wearing a sweater today. Seems like we got a teaser for summer about a month ago (90 degree weather!) and have since plunged back into a soggy, overcast Spring.

My old measurement for when it is Officially Summer around here? When my kneecaps come out of hiding. But I'm on a supah pale kick lately (plus again with the suddenly brrr! weather), so maybe I should revise to "when my toes come out of hiding".

There are no fireflies in NY, not where I lived anyway.

The first time I saw them in VA, I thought I was having a stroke. I still get disorientated when I see them. Sure they're pretty but when they first show up I freak.

And I know it's summer, cause it's pouring

There's a phenomena that only happens in a few places on the planet where the lightningbugs will blink in sync.

I saw something like that happen here once. I'd been to listen to a speaker on one of the university campuses here in town, and this particular campus has a lot of arboretum plantings, so it's very bug and animal-friendly. It was about this time of year, the sky was barely light in the west, and I was walking back to my car. I came to a green space where there were seemingly hundreds of fireflies floating up into the air, and they were all glowing but not blinking. I stood there in shock and really wondered if someone had laced what I'd been drinking earlier with a little acid. I've never seen it happen again, it must have been a really synchronous group of fireflies.

The critters are so common around here, there's a local group called The Lightning Bugs.