cicadas

We wallowed in the refreshing water for at least a half hour, ignoring the algae and an amicable choir of frogs that sang in concert with cicadas from the other side of the pond.

TO THE VALLEY OF THE MOON 2003

The shrill, sustained chirp of the cicadas is the only sound.

Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore 1901

But they worry for her anyway, this girl all they have left in the world, and sometimes, hazy grey evenings when the cicadas are a little quieter than they should be or her mother doesn't like the look of the stars rising over the trees, Dancy carries her grandmother's crucifix in the bib pocket of her overalls, near her heart, and maybe a sprig of pennyroyal or dried angelica root wrapped in a white cotton handkerchief, as well.

thoughts like rose petals jlundberg 2006

Sweets such as cicadas - coconut candy - and dulce de leche - milk candy - are also local specialties.

A culinary tour of Xalapa: Dining in the home of Jalapeños 2006

Sweets such as cicadas - coconut candy - and dulce de leche - milk candy - are also local specialties.

A culinary tour of Xalapa: Dining in the home of Jalapeños 2006

Sweets such as cicadas - coconut candy - and dulce de leche - milk candy - are also local specialties.

A culinary tour of Xalapa: Dining in the home of Jalapeños 2006

Sweets such as cicadas - coconut candy - and dulce de leche - milk candy - are also local specialties.

A culinary tour of Xalapa: Dining in the home of Jalapeños 2006

In the summer, when the cicadas buzzed in the trees, these bushes were laden with huge, deep purple fruit.

Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

We looked over past tests, and, sure enough, the passages were about subjects that poor kids in the south Bronx may not be familiar with cicadas or dragonflies were two of the subjects, for example.

John Merrow: A Paradox? Or Just a Contradiction? John Merrow 2011

Then you step out into the Renaissance garden, where, just a few blocks from the busy Via Flaminia, the loudest sounds are the soft gurgle of water in the Nymphaeum fountain and, in warmer months, the singing of cicadas.

The Joy of Museums That Live in the Past Francis X. Rocca 2011