Stages of life in "Cicada time"?

 

   The return of the cicadas reminds me how fast time passes.  Has it really been 17 years since the last time this group came alive?  The last time they were here we were middle-aged parents with kids in college and the time before that we were working parents with young children.  Now we are living this experience as aged retirees.  We have to build a lot of living in before they return again as it will be the last time we will experience this invasion.  We are all living our lives in "cicada time".

P.S.

    These are the holes we will start to see in the ground around our trees.