In simpler times, children would entertain themselves by catching Junebugs, tying thread to their legs, and flying them like toy planes.
It’s funny how most of us can remember so many details about our childhood. Every once in a while I’ll sit and think about those times so long ago when life was so much simpler, yet in many ways so much more rewarding than the ones we’re living through right now. We didn’t have much as far as material things go, but we had more than enough to keep us alive, healthy and happy.
Most of the best things in life were free back then, and some of them keep popping into my mind when I take a notion to remember. Take the lowly June bug for instance. In the summertime, we used to run around the yard catching June bugs, feeling their vibrations with our hands and hearing the tell-tale hum of their wings flapping in the cool night air. June bugs were everywhere back then, and there were countless hours of fun to be had just by admiring and playing with one of God’s amazing little creatures.
My sisters and brothers and neighbors would enjoy many afternoons catching these little creatures and tying their legs with thread and watching them fly around us. We could tie them to a bush and they would be there when we came back. The fun continued on! When we were done with them we could cut the thread and they were fly away. The simple pleasures and delights of growing up in the country. What about you? Have you ever caught June Bugs?
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