This morning I decided (as many mornings) to check on things in the yard including the plants, flowers, trees and, of course, the Cicadas. The Cicadas really started showing up a few days ago and even started singing just yesterday. My surprises this morning were mostly lovely like finding the Roses and Honeysuckles in bloom.
While they just started blooming, the Irises were just about almost done blooming. Surprisingly, the Irises bloomed longer than usual which was nice and I suspect that was because we had a few relatively cool days when they first started blooming. It was nice to enjoy them a little longer than usual!
This pretty "Saucy Red" Salvia is one of a few flowers that I received for Mother's Day from my daughter. They were looking a little sad so I gave them some water.
However, the other flowers I received seemed to be doing much better. They are two different kinds of Lantana flowers.
Naturally, the Spiderwort flowers were looking phenomenal!
Now, let's go check out my last surprise but I will warn you that it may not be for the "faint of heart" so if you are squeamish than you may not want to continue on! We are about to go from lovely to ... well ... I'll let you decide! You see, yesterday the Cicadas showed up more than they had a few days ago but this morning there were a shocking amount of them. I'll be doing another more "in depth" showing next week probably as well. I really didn't see too many in the front other than by the property line of my neighbor and a few here and there. The same goes for the sides of the house as they weren't too bad there either. Well, the back yard was a whole another story! They were all over the green Hostas!
It seems they like the green Hostas over the white and green Hostas but they were all over them ... both on and under the leaves.
Same with the vines that go down the length of the garage. Hey! I warned you ...lol!
They also like to land on window screens and fences. This is just a small sampling of them on the fence. If you look closely then it almost seems like they are smiling at you. 馃榿
They were everywhere in the grass, on the blades of grass and even on Dandelion stalks!
Anyway, the large influx of the Cicadas was my last surprise and we expect even more to come. Next week I hope to go to the house I grew up at and record them. I'm really hoping that happens so I can include it in my next Cicada post. What? You want to see more now! Okay ... just two more photos but remember you asked for it! 馃槈
Thank you 
All photos and text by me 