The crickets are sounding off tonight in Central Florida

[steve2470]

I suppose that is a sign of spring officially approaching ?

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

1. I can only hear the neighbors talking.

It rained here.

[Left Is Write]

2. I hope so.

We've got 'em here too. I saw a couple in the garage and one out back.

[Baclava]

3. Crickets?

Try peeper frogs.....they get so loud I can't sleep...
Course I live in a swamp in the Panhandle.

[ragin_acadian]

6. which swamp?

i'm over on screamers ridge, south walton.

[Baclava]

8. Redneck Riviera

Okaloosa

[trof]

11. Wait a minute. I thought THIS was the Redneck Riviera.

Gulf Shores
Spring hit about 2 weeks ago.
Maybe 3.

[Baclava]

16. We're all inter-related

30 miles away - dontchaknow...

[trof]

18. I resent that. My sister and I were just good friends.

;-)

[Baclava]

21. ah, relatives...my niece has a condo on Gulf shores

They're still repairing their dockage after Ivan.
Flora-Bama back up yet?
I'd head over that way, but, she might put me to work...

[ragin_acadian]

14. hot damn!

good to meet you! you been in the area for awhile?

[Baclava]

17. 6 years

My hair is getting so long I almost watched a NASCAR race...once...

[ragin_acadian]

24. heh.

"cars go in circles....good. fire.....bad"

i've been here for 21 years, and have my own wilson to prove it.

[catzies]

9. Poor thing. I can sleep like a baby thru frogs and crickets.

Hell, I even bought one of those sound machines!

[Baclava]

22. Lucky you

These suckers is LOUD.

Peeper peeper!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Crickets are probably the sign for you guys.

Here in SoCal, we have the glorious mockingbird. The males sing all night long and it's wonderful! Once my husband repeatedly whistled a short tune outdoors, and the resident mocker actually picked it up and incorporated it into his own song. A sure sign of Spring, at last!

:bounce:

[catzies]

10. A mockingbird built her nest in one of my crepe myrtles! Yay!

I looooooove mockingbirds.

[ldf]

5. nature is anything BUT quiet.

i lived just outside of micanopy for about 3 years. at night the crickets would crank it up so loud i would have to close the windows and turn on the ac to be able to sleep.

not to mention the mosquitos that could carry you off...

WHAT a RACKET!

:eyes:

[ffm172]

7. hello back

:hi:
how was the trip to DC?

[steve2470]

23. the trip was great, Stephen had a lot of fun and so did I nt

[trof]

12. Anybody got the barking frogs?

Tree toads, I guess.
Sound just like a small yapping dog.

[ragin_acadian]

15. yep. i got tree frogs too. little green noisy bastards.

by my reckoning, Baclava and i are only about 1.5 to 2 hours east of you, so maybe it's time to form the U.C.L.A. (unknown corner of lower Alabama) DU group. Biloxi sounds like a fine place to meet.

[trof]

19. UCLA...I like that. Not Biloxi, The FloraBama

They're reopening soon (from Ivan). In time for the mullet toss I hear.

[ragin_acadian]

25. all right! Florabama!

i'll be in New Orleans this weekend for the war protest, but other than that, name a time and place, and we'll toss some mullet.

[nytemare]

13. You'll know summer is here when there is a thunderstorm at 3 pm

Some years we are dryer, but most times it will pour for 10 minutes between 3-4 pm, then the sun will come out and bake your ass.

[B Calm]

20. Crickets are excellent bluegill bait.