Felt Like They Were Crawling All Over Me!

After our 2 week Vegas trip, Boyfriend and I couldn't wait to get our hands dirty again in the backyard. Some plants were doing very well, others were not... like the broccoli!

We had six broccoli plants. This was the largest head growing. It's not looking so good, eh.

Probably because a whole bunch of these took residence on each and every one of the leaves. (if we could even call them leaves... more like green lace) It was so sad looking.

This leaf is actually very mild with the number of worms feeding from it. There were a bazillion of them. We picked each one off and threw them in a bucket. Then they would inch all the way up the sides. Boyfriend thunk smart and just started to squish them on the leaf instead of fumbling to pick each one off. We made an honest attempt to save the broccoli but now a week later, and daily pickings of the worms - I'm sorry to say the broccoli did not survive.

Oh well.

Right at dusk when boyfriend is home from work and the girls are attempting to sleep, we like to go out in the backyard. Fireflies! A ton of them! They are so cool.

So if you were to ask me what I was doing the other night. I could have told you I was outside, all by my lonesome, catching fireflies. It was strange doing that, but also kind of fun.

I tried to take a picture of the jar full. It didn't work so much. They weren 't cooperating. I had ten in the jar. Once caught, they wouldn't light up AND they all "loved" Miss Fertile Myrtle in the bottom corner there.

Any tips on how to photograph fireflies?

And then another surprise from the previous owner!