I've heard the first cricket of 2020, the cricket of the pandemic.
It was just for a moment, on Thursday. On Friday I heard it again. My spouse kept saying no, it's a bird. Then, today, the same discussion. There is a buzzing in the air. I know, though, if it wasn't today, Thursday or Friday,we'd be hearing the first cricket soon.
In a way, I dread the first cricket song, because it means winter is on its way.
I've been tracking when I've heard the first crickets since I started to blog in 2009. Here is my post from 2019, complete with links to the previous posts tracking first cricket dates.
For 2020, the date will be Thursday, July 23, and I stick with it.
So, why track this date? In the pandemic, many of us take comfort watching nature, be it birds, flying insects, or sunrises and sunsets. With change all around us, nature is a constant, and keeps on keeping on paying little attention to us.
And then, there is the human desire to keep records.
As I blogged in 2019:
"My blog, with the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day meme I participate in each 15th of the month, has become a
kind of garden journal. I'm no good at diaries or journals, but
blogging is something I do keep up with. For now, anyway.
So, what does this pattern of dates mean? Not much, perhaps.
But for now, I know the end of summer is approaching." With the end of summer, all the outdoor accommodations (outdoor dining, and, soon, outdoor movies and even a wrestling exhibition) our area of upstate New York has made for the pandemic will be closing in on the end of their season.
So, what does this pattern of dates mean? Not much, perhaps.
But for now, I know the end of summer is approaching." With the end of summer, all the outdoor accommodations (outdoor dining, and, soon, outdoor movies and even a wrestling exhibition) our area of upstate New York has made for the pandemic will be closing in on the end of their season.
These day lilies in my flower garden, though, teach us a lesson because each flower only lasts one day.
Nothing is forever.
A couple of more day lilies for your pleasure.
...so far I've only heard tree frogs and they can make quite a racket.
ReplyDeleteI'm fond of crickets. We had one in our laundry room earlier this week and considered it lucky, but I haven't heard it for a few days so it may not have been lucky for the cricket. Parenthetically, at night I have Alexa play nature sounds of crickets chirping. It helps me to sleep because it matches the sounds in my head!
ReplyDeleteSo, for those of us too lazy to look it up, is this early or late for the first cricket? Summer's not over until after my birthday, though, so we've still got a week ;)
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting about the crickets. I live in California and we have crickets in the evening. I love their music. We have some frogs too. I love all their sounds. All my daylilies have moved on - maybe just too hot.
ReplyDeleteWe have more cicadas than crickets, and they can be so high pitched they literally hurt my ears! Plus, they are big and that startles me when I come across them. The new-to-us cat, Baby Cat (who went to the vet yesterday and is a girl and 9-10 years old)caught a cicada, and tried to bring it to me. I texted my son to come help, she was chasing me around the yard to give it to me, alive!
ReplyDeleteI should go out a little after sun goes down and see what sounds I can hear.
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