JadeAs usual, I set off on a search for one thing, and find at least one other that distracts me. So it was this morning. I went looking for the definition of 'gollywampus' (also spelled 'galliwampus', I discovered), a word my father used to name any large, long-legged, flying insect for which he had no name. Nevermind that all the insects he referred to as gollywampuses (gollywampi?) were as different one from another as a rose is from any other flower in the universe, if it fit the general description just given, that's what it was.
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I had one such creature in my house over the weekend. It clung to the sheer curtains in the downstairs powder room for almost twenty-four hours before disappearing. We three humans gave it the space it needed, being careful not to disturb the curtains or dislodge the bug.
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Today's gem is actually three-in-one: a Wampus site, a bug site and a monsters blog. I like the first because it pleases my sense of whimsy and silliness; the second because I like to know the names of things, especially creatures that come indoors uninvited; and the last because of my lifelong interest in the unexplainable, the laughable and the things that go bump in the night - and in my imagination. Pardon me while I quit shivering at the thought of those bumpy things under my bed, behind the dresser and lurking in the shadows at the corners of my eyes. YIKES!! I just scared myself!
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Anyway, these are the sparklies I found today. Hope you enjoy the goosebumps and the giggles.
(c) 2009 Martha McLemore
