Weather Update

It's raining here in Charlottesville. What I've found after living here for a few months is that when it rains, the crickets that so happily live outside in the grass start coming into our house.

This is Charlie.


I caught him a few weeks ago when it was raining and he decided to get out of the damp weather and warm his little jumpy legs by our TV. I gave him food and water and then he died. Then I caught three more crickets and they died, too. Then I gave all four little guys, which I named the Charlie Quartet, to my friend Daine so he could fish with them. Yesterday (it was also raining) there was an ancient humpback cricket by the front door but he looked too old to keep so I let him back outside.