It turned out to be a busy week. I’m too weary to recount the whole tale, but it involves the hated basement waterproofing company. They had a plan to correct the swamp forming in our front yard by running an underground line from the sump pump discharge line under our lawn to drain out through the curb into the gutter. This plan was in place for almost three weeks until my husband thought it might be wise to double-check and see if a permit from the county was required.
It’s a good thing he thought of that, because that small point hadn’t occurred to the waterproofers. So I’ve spend the last three days on the phone with the county, receiving inspectors (note to self: call the inspector) and hand-carrying permit applications over to the county. (Good thing we live close to the county seat. ) The people from the county were very helpful, so we were able to pull it all together very quickly.
So the work got done yesterday as planned, and I look forward to seeing the swamp dry out. Now I have to help soothe my poor husband’s anxiety over his lawn and keep the sod moist where it was dug up and replaced.
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How are the cicadas? I’m so glad I’m not there for that. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
not too bad around my house, we don’t have any big trees. I saw a few on the telephone pole but they flew away. I can hear them singing, though. Weird.
I haven’t seen any yet. We are in western Fairfax County in the Virginia suburbs of DC. My husband says they’re not supposed to hit us as hard here for some reason.
I have this memory of what we called locusts being everywhere one summer that was probably 1985 but maybe 1984. I have not found any reference to a 1984 or 1985 cicada appearance in New York City although I did just find this chart listing a “NY” appearance of Brood VII in 1984. I just remember them being all over the trees and people talking about them and IIRC a propensity for them to appear as if out of nowhere, which sounds so much like the current cicada fuss, but I don’t ever remember the word cicada being used instead of locust.
If you capture a bunch of cicadas and send them my way I will be happy to do some culinary experiments and will report back dutifully. We don’t have them in the Bay Area. I am eager to get my hands on a supply. I will send California wine or almonds in turn! Ever since Summamamas got on the subject, my interest in these has come back.