Saturday, September 29, 2012

Crickets: A Summer Symphony

When talking about the weather...which one is your favorite season? For me it's the time in late summer and early autumn. Why? Because that's the time when all the chirpy insects seem to awaken and begin their noisy and amplified serenade to each other.

You have during the day the very loud hum of the cicadas, sort of like someone scratching a grater. Then in the evening a chorus of crickets takes over, and keep their song all night long! Ah, how romantic! you say, well --- no....At first it sounds great --  with many notes being sung, here a long one, there a short one, also a persistent one. But after a while it wears you down, and you just wish that they would shut up!

I mean, I wouldn't want for them to disappear, the place would seem empty and colorless, without the cricket's sounds. It really adds color, and another dimension, to the whole summer palette.