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They’re here!!

Our fireflies are finally here!

Fireflies on a summer night = magical!

It has been absolutely lovely, cool, and dry for the past two nights this week – prime lightening bug conditions! Which means I’ve been parked at our open bedroom window, totally captivated, from dusk until dark watching hundreds of these little guys flickering and glowing all across our backyard. They are truly beautiful and our yard looks magical, as if it’s right out of a fantasy book. I’ve been waiting for the past month to see them, silently praying that Cincinnati wasn’t too hot for them.

To me they represent the magic of summer – the sleepy mornings, the abundance of fresh fruit and watermelon, the sundresses and swimsuits, that romantic summer fling, the ice cream, the biking, the naps in the hammock, the endless reading of pleasure books, the lake and movies and laughter and vacations and friends, the carnivals and stargazing, the start of BBQs on backyard blankets with mojitos, mason jar candle lanterns and the sunlight that fades into a brilliant sunset and finally into dusk at 9:30 p.m, and the fireflies that come out for a light show at night and maybe if you’re lucky you’ll catch one in a jar to set on your windowsill, a nightlight, before you silently drift off to sleep, lulled into slumber with the humming of crickets and the whirl of the ceiling fan, with your windows open and the curtains blowing in the breeze.

Little miracles are everywhere.

Fireflies may be my favorite.