Field of Stars

Last night I went to a little creek and wooded area right by my apartment. There I saw one of the prettiest sights and I had been waiting nearly my whole life to see it. It looked like the stars had touched down close to earth and we're excitedly telling their friends about the adventure by blinking on and off. I had always wanted to see fireflies and for the first time I saw them - a whole bunch of them. They are Mother Nature's fireworks show. In fact, they really do kind of look like my favorite type of firework, the ones that are really sparkly and leave a shower of twinkling glitter behind. As I stood in the middle of the field and watched the sparkles lining the creek and the edge of the woods, I saw a little blinking light slowly pass right in front of me. The fireflies are these little beetle type of bugs and they make their abdomens glow. Ashley had told me the technical term for it - some kind of enzyme - but I don't remember right now. I do know that it was beautiful! It was one of the things that I was hoping to see during my time out on the East Coast!