Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Phenology
Warm, dry. Highs in the upper 60's with lows in the low 50's. First wildfire of the season on the Gunflint Trail. As of now the Forest Service will simply monitor this small 6 acre fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The fire is on Gaskin Lake which about 25 miles to the northeast from the homestead. A bear tore down our bird feeder. Spotted a firefly in the air last night. Fireflies are winged beetles that produce light from their abdomen through a chemical reaction called bioluminescense in order to attract a mate.
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your poetic description of things followed by the very scientific information about fireflies made me anthropomorphize one; I imagine him trying to pick up a lady firefly which rambling on about his computer programming job and pushing up his glasses. :)
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