bioluminesence

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[OT from cottage renovations]

I have long been in the habit of watching carefully each year for the season's first fireflies.  here in the Grove we haven't yet had a long enough run of hot and humid days to bring them out, but come they will some time really soon now. 

though the southern California family members to whom I always reported the initial sighting are no longer alive, I continue to maintain the annual vigil.  I was taken completely by surprise to spot three of them in the disturbed area to the W of the platform tracks in Baltimore's Penn Station, where the B&P helpers used to stand by on tracks since removed in case some train got stuck in the tunnel and needed a push or pull.  I watched for the duration of our stop there, looking behind for them as the train pulled S into the darkness.  on getting to the Grove while walking back from the bus stop I kept a lookout, but ours still aren't out yet. 

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Fireflies

[(Anonymous)]

George:

We had our first firefly sightings the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, when temperatures here hit the 90s (and our thermostat chose that moment to break). At least three were zooming around the back yard. Haven't seen them again since, with the long stretch of cool and rainy weather.

Randy