Baby zucchini
hide under giant green leaves –
cicada’s first song.
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Looks like some alien creature!😆
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We’re blessed they are only tiny. I’d hate to see aliens like this human-sized! :) I’ve been working on collage art and poetry most of the day. Your Sunday Six is on my to-listen list!
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Hey, it may be called The Sunday Six, but I think it works just as fine on any day of the week!😆
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I was so intrigued by the title and I really like the poem.
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Thank you, Mark. As I was looking under the umbrella leaves and saw the baby zucchini, a cicada, the first of the season, started singing. Nature is ever a source of delight, and I think you would agree :)
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I definitely agree that nature is a continuous source of delight and amazement. In fact, I noticed the most amazing metallic red insect today. Every day there is something new to see.
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Wow! Metallic red! I watched a video on fb today where a woman freed a ladybug that was doomed to be a slave/meal for a wasp larvae. That was truly amazing to me that she saved that little critter.
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I remember seeing cicada shells everywhere at one time.
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I rarely see them, mostly hear them. I wouldn’t want to get swarmed but I hear this is a year for the 17 year ones and Ann Arbor got quite a few.
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We get them once in a blue moon. Those shells are creepy because they are everywhere.
No I would not want to get swarmed.
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They have such beautiful wings. (K)
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Yes they do. Jeanette thought this would be a good pic to try mosaic on. I think she’s right.
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Thats a great idea.
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nice haiku and photo! They are scary looking things. Can’t have a summer without hearing them though.
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Thanks, Dave. I thought it was neat to see the new zucchini and hear them for the first time at the same time.
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Beautiful! Now there is something for your mosaic art! Gorgeous!
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Good idea, Kathleen! :)
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Please forgive my denseness. It’s a cicada….but there’s no zucchini, right? It’s just ’cause of the green color……..?
I read everyone’s comments and your responses and I’m still at a loss !!!
(although the poem is clear and sweet) :)
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The zucchini is mentioned but the cicada is mentioned and pictured, which is kind of ironic as I saw the zucchini but didn’t see the cicada. Now are you completely confused ;)
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Hahaha. No, good, I thought I was going blind or crazy. But it’s just my usual pointless over-thinking everything. Obvious things! Thanks, Li, lololol
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Cool! lol. You’re right, over-thinking is over-rated.
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I love how you link the two seemingly unrelated images as part of one moment in nature,
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Thank you, glad you like the link :)
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