Flying Wood Nibblers
Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Approaching the end of their lives eating away wood, termites produce wings and fly.
The sun already started to set when they came in droves overwhelming the forest. They were everywhere, on our food, in our drinks, our necks and ears. We swatted and slapped and smacked and ran around but there was no escaping the pesky little fliers. I looked up and saw birds circling around trees on mountaintops before swooping and dive-bombing in midair. It was sheer pandemonium in the skies! I realized these birds were eating the winged termites! Perhaps out of worms? Whatever, nature has a way of feeding the birds.
After an hour or so of frenzied flying, their wings fall out and they dropped on the grouind, dead. The birds disappeared and the show ended as quickly as it had began….
Lightning Bugs
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Nature awes by its suddenness and vivid imagery like the flash of lightning in a thunderstorm or the rush of water in a flooded river. But its not all violence and destruction sometimes it’s mellow and quiet but fascinating just the same like yesterday in the farm. There was no moon, under a starry sky, trees were mere sillhouetes but one, it glittered with fireflies!!!
Speed
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
Like the speeding train in the main page image, I felt like an accelerating bullet to bullseye!
