Friday, June 22, 2007

HUNTING FIREFLIES

Ethan and I (Brett) went firefly hunting tonight, it was amazing. I had never seen fireflies before and was truely amazed at their beauty. We saw green lights, yellow lights, and orangish lights. They really looked like little LED lights that kept turning on and off.

We managed to catch about 7 fireflies in about 15 minutes before the other bugs forced us to retreat. We'll release the bugs after everyone has had a chance to see them.

Kate and Izzy were inside sleeping, we had a fun day at the beach (Whipple) with the Mills family for about 3 hours. So, they were pretty much tired.

Want to know more about Fireflies in Minnesota go here.

Here are some pictures and a video of one of the flies flying around in our jar.









1 comments:

Anonymous said...

We had a wonderful time with you guys at the beach. Thanks for inviting us!! What a perfect night at the beach. We look forward to our next time at the bach with you guys.
Our girls woke up at 7:00am this morning. We were shocked. We thought for sure all the playing in the water would have given us a least a little sleeping in, in the morning.
Shannon