Cicadas

[Liz]

I haven't seen any this year (thank goodness). My memories of these ugly creatures are that they destroyed so many trees when I lived in a suburban area. You could hear them at night eating the leaves. It used to keep me awake because I knew they were destroying the trees. By the time they left, most of the leaves on the huge gorgeous trees on our road were dead. I wonder why they're not around here this year (fingers crossed, with a little prayer). And no, I don't miss them!

Liz

1.) Our trees looks like this.
2. Our flowers look like this.[/QUOTE]

[megan]

I remember a BIG tent caterpillar infestation when I was a teen. I lived in East Fishkill, NY, and was surrounded by the beautiful Adirondack mountains [quiet, there, all you West Coast folks. Our mountains are older and worn down ]. All you could see for miles was brown trees with white tents in them - patches of devastation from miles away. Poor, bald mountains. Nature is an amazing force, eh?

Megan

[Asylum Steve]

Megan,

My, what a beautiful sounding town to live in. NOT...

I thought when you mentioned Fishkill that maybe it was near the East River. I seem to remember seeing a lot of dead fish floating there. Not to be nosey, but how did you manage ot make your way down from upstate NY to Da Bronx?

BTW, was E. Fishkill anywhere near Schroon Lake? My dad took us up there a couple of summers when I was a kid. I loved it...

Keep your Rockies and your Sierra Nevadas, I always had a thing for the Adirondacks...

[megan]

[QUOTE=Asylum Steve]Megan,

My, what a beautiful sounding town to live in. NOT... QUOTE]

kill = Dutch for stream. The area I lived in was an early Dutch settlement, and has many odd-sounding names - many Dutch names and many Indian names i.e. Fishkill, Walkill, Poestenkill, Van Wyck, Wappingers; Poughkeepsie, Poughquag, etc.etc. It actually was a beautiful area to grow up in - I lived in exurbia, and was close to many farms. I'ts gotten a lot more "developed" since. Actually, I lived in the area of Gayhead in the Hamlet of Hopewell Junction in the town of East Fishkill. Have fun with those

I've heard of Schroon lake, I'm not sure where it is - I'm thinking it's a bit more upstate, like in Rensallaer [another Dutch name] in that lake district where my gramma lived - a lot of lakes, a lot of summer houses.

Megan

[Mig]

Hey watch it bub!

That's right there's not one, but two PR members from East Fishkill, NY. Now I live farther north and on the other side of the Hudson River in Kingston, which is NY State's original capital. Schroon Lake is even farther north - a little past Albany.

Danielle

[megan]

I thought Schroon Lake was in the Albany area! I just didn't think it was that far north. Must be closer to Lake George.

Megan

[Mig]

Yep - actually it's directly west of Lake George's northern end.

[megan]

I believe the surrounding mountains were part of the Appalachians, not the Adirondacks.

mg