Screened porches

Do you remember screened porches?

Not many houses have them nowdays--except maybe in Florida, but they don't just screen porches, they screen porches, pools and back yards. Mosquito season is virtually all year round, so to enjoy the weather, you gotta do what you gotta do.

I was six when we lived in Nowhere, Oklahoma, and one summer day I remember my sister C (3 yrs older than me) come running home. She'd been playing at the creek. A couple of boys had came up and started frog gigging. For those of you city folks who don't know what frog giggin' is it's basically a sharp pointy stick you use to stab the frogs.
I still won't try frog legs.

So my bros, sis and I went to the creek to 'rescue' the frogs. I guess that's why I like frogs and toads. I'll still catch 'em and then make my kiddo scream--she's such a wuss. :-) Anyhoo, we rescued the frogs and we didn't have any place to put them, so we locked them on the front screen porch.

Anyhoo, after dark, about nine o'clock, guess what happened?

Anyone?

Hm, well, frogs sing after dark. Or you could call it croakin', warblin', or caterwauling. It WAS LOUD! Of course, Mom made my bros set the frogs free.

But it's still a memory that I fondly recall. Maybe I'll use something like that in my MG stories. You'll never know.

Write on!