Oh Cicada: I do love you

For the past two weeks there has been the sound of a very large spaceship hovering at the farm and at my house during the day.  Wait...don't go running for your lives just yet.  For those of you who do not know what a cicada is, it is a fairly large bug with somewhat clear wings and red protuding eyes and yes they are mating.  That is what the spaceship noise is, bug love, and lots of it.  The cool or weird thing about these bugs is they only come around every 13 to 17 years (depending on who you talk to) so it's easy to forget what that noise is.  The other cool thing is they leave a shell of themselves stuck on trees.  So since a couple have decided that I am a nice looking tree, please tell me if there is a shell on my back when you see me.   

by Lanis Adams