The Plague of Cicadas

We have been blessed with the plague of the 17 year cicadas. There are millions of them. The have invaded every tree in the neighborhood. In fact, they are so loud you can barely stand to be outside in the afternoon. The worse thing about them is their ability to fly at you and land close to your ear or in your hair. Kiah has been deathly afraid of them. Luckily, they will be dying off in another week or so and we won't see them again for 17 years. Here are some pictures from our backyard tree.

You can read more about the cicadas here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magicicada

A big storm came last Monday night and
destroyed the only tree in the yard.