Past 2 Days....Including My Birthday! Part 2

......Awesome close up

Fabio.
Is.
Boss.

A fountain..................of water.

Um, not off with your head?
Wrong place to put your head in!

A basket of muffins.
Why not?

Morning of my birthday.
At Friend of a Farmer's.
Because farmer's are where food comes from.

People

Ooooooooooooooh!

I am NOT trying to climb that pole.
I'm NOT!

Tango, Tango, Tango!

~ZABC*A~

Past 2 Days...Including My Birthday! Part 1

These were taken with my new camera that I got for my birthday!
My mom took some of these pictures, too!



They were filming a 70's version of
Men In Black
around here.
You would not believe how
many oldie cars there were!

Looks like a one ways street to me...:O

Almost dinner!

A nice close up picture my camera took.
The flower looked EXACTLY like this.
No joke....

Here's a pretty little flower.
Flowers are my favorite....

:x Kisses
and
(")
(,,)
Hugs.

Tall clock tower....

~ZABC*A~

I Wish I May, I Wish I Might, Have The Wish I Wish, On The First Firefly I Wish On Tonight

I saw 4 fireflies on a walk with my dad,
so I promised to make a blog post on them.

1.) Fireflies or lightning bugs are actually called "Lampyridae"
2.) The light from fireflies is sometimes called a "cold light" meaning that it's light doesn't haved any  infrared or ultraviolet frequencies, which means that there is no heat
3.) There are over 2,000 species of fireflies
4.) You can find most in temeperate/tropical climates such as a marsh or wooded area
5.) Firefly babies, or "larvae" slighly glow
6.) A few days after mating, the female lays her eggs, which hatch 3-4 weeks later
7.) During winter the little hatched worms hibernate
                 * They hatch in spring
                 * They eat for deveral weeks and then "pupate" (sort of like a catepillar)
                 * After 1 to 2 1/2 weeks, they emerge as adults, or the little flying bugs you may see from time to time.....
8.) The light you see is produced by a chemical reaction called "bioluminescence"
                 * A firefly controls it's light by adding oxygen, when there is oxygen it lights up, when there is no more oxygen it goes out
                 * Scientists weren't at first sure why firefly lights are so quick, because firefly muscles are really slow. They found out that there is a presence of nitric oxide. Nitric Oxide makes the oxygen flow faster.
9.) Many fireflies don't produce light.
     Real bubble burster, right? 
     These are usually called "diurnal" or day-flying.
10.) Fireflies are unpalatable. In other words, gross-tasting.
                 * Firefly larvae worms are nice enought to prodeuce light to say."Hey, I'm gross. Don't eat me"
                 * Adult males light up with certain patterns. These patterns attract females.
                 * In at least 2 species, scientists have observed that female fireflies prefer higher flash rates.



~ZABC*A~
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-and-why-do-fireflies

Hello, Hello

There comes a time
Every day
That every one of us must say,
"Goodbye Sun, Goodbye.

Hello, Hello Moon"

Swoosh
Swoosh
Swoosh
Waves go
Swoosh
Swoosh
Swoosh
A high tide
Hello, Hello Moon

Turtles climb
Up upon the shore
To do
What they do
Every so often
Because that is
What they do
And did
Every year
For many years
As they lay eggs
Upon the shore
Hello, Hello Moon

In the city
Baby pigeon
Sticks out his head
From underneath
His Mother's sleeping body
Hello, Hello Moon

In the suburbs
Mother and Father
Sleep
Father snores loudly
Mother sleeps peacefully
Across the hall
The children dream
Of Dance and Baseball
And Big Blue Ribbons
Hello, Hello Moon


At the base of the bed
Little doggie, Buster
Dreams
Of chasing chickens
And
The cat, Mitch
Hello, Hello Moon

In the house next door
An old man lays
With his old cat
Mitch
In his arms
A hole appears
In the heavens
A warm light
Glows
As they go
Up
Up
Up
Yet, not moving
At all
Up
Up
Up
Yet not moving at all
Hello, Hello Moon

In a barn
A horse lays
Breathing
In and out
In and out
In and out
As hay moves
Back and forth
Back and forth
Back and forth
Hello, Hello Moon

In the corner
A spider weaves
A web
A strong and sturdy
Web
As a light softly
Shimmers down
Causing a bug
To fly
Into the web
Hungry spider
No longer hungry
Hello, Hello Moon

An owl flies
In the night sky
Looking for
Food
On the ground
Unsuspecting food
Hello, Hello Moon

A mouse
Hears a Sound
And runs
And hides
Whew
Whew
Whew
Safe
But
A mouse
Nearby
Was not
Quite so lucky
Hello, Hello Moon

As caterpillar
Strings
The last few strings
Of his cozy
Cocoon
He looks up
Hello, Hello Moon

People sleep
And Dream
Dreams
Some Frightful
With
Running and
Screaming and
Taxes and
Teasing
Some Delightful
With
Flying and
Dancing and
Smiling and
Laughing
Some dream
No Dreams
At all
Hello, Hello Moon




One little girl
Sits
Alone
On the porch
Looking up
At the Stars
And Wishing
For Something
That is not There

Yet

"Hello, Hello Moon,"
She whispers,
"Hello, Hello"