This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Summer in Michigan
Jul
13
2022
Summer is in full swing in Michigan, which for me means two things: black raspberries and fireflies.
First: Black Raspberries
The black raspberries that I associate with summer are the wild type. I don’t know that I’ve had a cultivated variety of black raspberry. But the kind that grow like weeds around here are what I grew up with.
The only problem with them is that they’re small and it takes a lot of picking to get not much of a serving.
But it is the taste of summer.
And second: Fireflies
The fireflies that I associate with summer are the wild type. I don’t know that I’ve seen a tamed variety of firefly. But the kind that grow around here are what I grew up with.
Even though they’re not tame, they don’t really care about people, so you can easily catch them.
But after a couple of seconds, they realize need to be flying again so they take off.
And here are some shots of fireflies in action. I couldn’t persuade my iPhone to keep the shutter open longer, so I had to click whenever I saw a firefly start to glow. Look for the brighter streaks in each photo, streaks because fireflies like to move upwards while they’re glowing.
Both good things, but it seems that the peak of black raspberry and firefly season is also the peak of mosquito season.
This is what the Lord God showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.
Amos 8:1
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:11 am and has been carefully placed in the Life category.
