Year 5, Day 18, “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 5/18/2025. The Wellington – Happy Birthday Jenna. Have a great day! We went out to Bob Evans for breakfast and celebrated you. It was a glorious day that you were born.
Bob Evans is right where highway 27 in Somerset is closed due to Friday night’s tornado. The police were at the intersection stopping people. You could hear all conversations in the restaurant were centered around the tornado. If you have been affected by the tornado. Kroger has cases and bottles of water outside their store for you to take free. Thank you Kroger.
Picked up and planted more in the front beds.
Set up the balcony now that it is fully stained. The balcony appears due to the lighter solid color stains we used. We feel like we are at a shore home. The wind, the sun, and the smell of sunscreen. Of course the view is not the same.
The sound of the cicadas is growing louder. This brood of cicadas are emerging in Kentucky after 17 years underground. Kentucky is the epicenter of the 2025 cicada emergence. This is brood 14 also known as the “Bourbon Brood,” . You will know what they are by their red eyes and loud singing. I read that they can be as loud as the basketball crowds at Rupp Arena. The cicadas won’t bite you or harm you in any way; they will just be a nuisance. Local wildlife, such as snakes, foxes and turkeys, will get extra protein from the cicadas. The cicadas are expected to peak during Memorial Day and die off near the end of June. I guess our Memorial day picnic will be loud. They are in the woods which are pretty far from our house and they are getting louder every day. Experts say they can get as loud as a jet engine. The only time I can remember hearing these was in Pennsylvania in June 2021. They were loud and the kids loved picking them up. I was grossed out. https://deestimes.com/2021/06/18/living-the-dream-day-48/ and https://deestimes.com/2021/06/19/living-the-dream-day-49/ Going to take a walk to the trees to immerse myself in their sound. Only the males can produce the sound. Their first song is to encourage other males to congregate in sunlit trees. Another choral song is then made to attract females. The males will die shortly after mating, and the females will begin laying their eggs.” Female cicadas can deposit 200-600 eggs in trees and shrubs. The hummingbirds don’t seem to mind them. We put a hummingbird feeder out last night and had one feeding already this morning.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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