{"id":5341,"date":"2015-08-29T23:49:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T03:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=5341"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:48:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:48:38","slug":"day-54-katy-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=5341","title":{"rendered":"Day 54: Katy DID"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to think that thunderous noise at night was cicadas, but I learned that it was katydids. Yes, those sweet-faced insects that look like a leaf.<\/p>\n

When there are thousands of them, they start to talk in rhythm, call-and-response.\u00a0Some people think their\u00a0debate goes: “Katy DID!” “Katy DIDN’T!”<\/p>\n

Whatever they are arguing about, it’s intense. ‘Cuz they are LOUD.<\/p>\n

Maybe they’re arguing about which is the best leaf to imitate. Some have long bodies, some have rounded bodies – like this one that did not want to depart from my windshield:<\/p>\n

\"Katydid<\/a><\/p>\n

We’ve had katydids who stuck to the car for miles, clearly the adventurous types.<\/p>\n

I reckon they enjoy the feeling of the wind blowing 55 mph in their antenna, like a dog with its\u00a0head out the car window.<\/p>\n

They always want to come inside, too.\u00a0They make sure we know they are here. It’s almost gleeful.<\/p>\n

\"katydid<\/a>
Katydid on door screen, checking out the fridge and stove – 2007<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night one snuck into the house. She took up a post\u00a0right where the cathedral ceiling meets the wall … because it caused her voice to be amplified.<\/p>\n

We could hear her over the very-loud volume of the movie we were watching – the epic Noah<\/a><\/em>. Even on top of the roaring seas that covered the earth.<\/p>\n

Maybe she’s a Russell Crowe fan.<\/p>\n

She was partying.<\/p>\n

“KATY DID!”<\/p>\n

“KATY DID!”<\/p>\n

“KATY DID!”<\/p>\n

“KATY DID!”<\/p>\n

We went to bed around midnight. Couldn’t find her; otherwise we’d have scooped her up and put her outside, as we have with so many other misguided\u00a0insects.<\/p>\n

She was still calling to her sisters and brothers outside, no doubt telling them she was hanging tough\u00a0on the inside and surviving life with the human giants.<\/p>\n

“KATY DID! KATY DID! KATY DID! KATY DID!”<\/p>\n

“OK, OK!” I finally said, turning off the light. “Just don’t eat those peaches in the basket.”<\/p>\n

Today’s coin is a 2007, in honor of the summer I discovered the joy of katydids in North Georgia.<\/p>\n

\"2007<\/a><\/p>\n

POSTSCRIPT, Aug. 30: The katydid spoke up again the next night. She\u00a0finally realized that the room had gone silent, because the windows were closed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The next thing I knew, just as I was finally getting to sleep, she jumped right on the pillow next to me.<\/p>\n

And then she sat there patiently while I found a cup and a piece of paper so that I could gather her up and take her outside where she belongs.<\/p>\n

I guess she finally realized that I was telling her the truth when I said it was better outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I used to think that thunderous noise at night was cicadas, but I learned that it was katydids. Yes, those sweet-faced insects that look like a leaf. When there are thousands of them, they start to talk in rhythm, call-and-response.\u00a0Some people think their\u00a0debate goes: “Katy DID!” “Katy DIDN’T!” Whatever they are arguing about, it’s intense. … read more Day 54: Katy DID<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[321],"tags":[18,187,184,185,179,188,186],"class_list":["post-5341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tress","tag-18","tag-arguments","tag-insects","tag-katydid","tag-nature","tag-noah","tag-noise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5341"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5385,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341\/revisions\/5385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}