Dragonflies are quiet, but sometimes if you’re close to them when they’re hunting, you can actually hear them catching mosquitoes. It sounds like little clicks.
Insects rule the summer in New Orleans. The cicadas whirr all day long and into the evening. Out at the swamp you can hardly hear the birdsong because of the drone, hiss and clicks of assorted six-legged critters.
I love the summer insect sounds. I think they take me back to childhood summers, to days at camp or exploring fields and vacant lots. I hear that whirring and I just relax.
I also love the steaminess of summer. I don’t mind the heat – I love months and months of never feeling cold unless I go inside a heavily air-conditioned building.
What do you love about summer? Or winter if you’re in the southern hemisphere?
Summer here. Love getting outdoors to camp, hike, bike, take photos, etc. Here’s to Living and Enjoying the Summer months – Have a Beautiful Weekend:)
Yay for summer!
I am a summer person – love the heat, struggle with the cold and for some reason as the years go on the winters seem colder:) – even though ours are comparatively mild due to the moderating effect of the ocean. I lived in Iceland for about 5 years in my twenties and I loved it. An assoundingly beautiful place, but during all that time I never felt warm to the bones. The African sun does that to you. Warms your bones. Enjoy your summer!
Mmm – I’m with you. I don’t like being cold. I like being “warm to the bones” too!
I love that it finally gets warm here in the summer. I love the blooming everything, and the LONG daylight hours. I love abandoning jackets, coats, boots, hats, scarves, mittens… I love feeling light and free. I love eating ice cream outdoors. I love the nearly-perpetual smell of neighborhood grilling. I love summer.
Yay ice cream and grilling!
And no heavy clothes!
I’m a winter person so I have to consciously make an effort to find things about summer I enjoy. Dragonflies, fireflies, crickets, cicadas, an unexpected cool breeze on a hot day, flowers in bloom… I’m sure there are more, but that’s what came immediately to mind.
I can hear the insects outside right now – love it! What I love most is not being cold. At all. Anywhere. I hate being cold!