Springtime has arrived in the desert. It's about the size of a silver dollar.

[Ptah]

[Kali]

1. crane flies!

we call them giant mosquitos. they won't be out here for a few more weeks.

[Ptah]

5. It seems like there wasn't much of a winter here in town.

[Kali]

6. I think we had 3 or 4 nights get below freezing this winter

and that wasn't much below even then.

[LogDog75]

2. I've seen similar creatures in Germany

The Germans called them mosquito-eaters but that's a misnomer. They don't actually eat mosquitos.

[Emile]

3. We have a giant mosquito with striped legs.

[Marthe48]

4. Thought you were going to show a flower

I noticed my irises and hyacinths are sprouting

My daughter heard frogs peeping yesterday. They'd take care of the bugs!

[DFW]

7. Sounds like summer in Germany

The calendar says it falls on a Tuesday this year.

[Kali]

8. they are all over the house tonight

was beginning to think we weren't going to have them this year.

[Ptah]

9. They'll be gone soon. It's predicted to be 100 Thursday.