They’re back. The cicadas. We used to call them the 17 year locusts. Now, here in the Midwest, we’re in the thick of it. I wrote my only cicada story about 17 years ago and illustrated it some years later. Now to celebrate the arrival of the cicadas, I’ve added a cover picture of the Cicada I trapped yesterday. I think his name is Al. Oh, our ornamental pear tree, Sylvia, is doing fine, way too big for any netting.
( The story is called The Cicadas Are Coming )