Sunday, April 4, 2010

Bats are back, and more.

In recent days, the temperatures around here have been getting warmer, into the high 70s and low 80s -- a blessed change of pace from what had been a fairly frigid winter.  This has occasioned a veritable birthing of critters and peepers we had not seen (or heard) since last year:

--  The carpenter bees are buzzin' around the house.
--  The gnats number in the millions, and every one knows how to bite at my eyelids.
--  Saw two lemon-gold colored butterflies yesterday.
--  That same pair of birds, as every year, is building nests in the overhang of the porch.
--  The wasps are spitting out new homes, and attacking the window screens.
--  And the bats are back!

The other night, this nice friendly bat danced in our headlights the last 0.2 miles to the house.  Now, that was a treat, and a true harbinger of a new season.