Summer's Loss

I'm not sure why this "bugs" me so much but it nearly drove me to tears reading this. My greatest sense of summer lies somewhere between the scent of freshly mowed grass and the sight of fireflies ...these articles are devastating:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,413981,00.html


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080830/ap_on_re_as/fading_fireflies



If you get a chance, go do this next June, and keep the memory close to your heart:
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jun/03/viewing-fireflies-begins-weekend-smokies/


Here's a taste of fireflies in NYC:

...lovely.....