On a rural county road, there is only the breath whisper of a breeze, innumerable Cicada castanets clapping, and clumsy grasshoppers collide with spokes and fenders, pinging like a child’s toy piano.
Summer Sounds
Pondero
to weigh, consider, reflect
On a rural county road, there is only the breath whisper of a breeze, innumerable Cicada castanets clapping, and clumsy grasshoppers collide with spokes and fenders, pinging like a child’s toy piano.
Pondero 
Wow, that's nice! Do you guys ever get those huge grasshoppers where you are? The ones that are (from my childhood memory at least) about 4" long and 1/2" thick?
I went through a field last year and felt like I was being attacked by grasshoppers from every side. Yes, they went 'ping' as they flew into my spokes.
There was one of those guys looking at my bike when I locked up a couple of days ago. He didn't scare away easily, either…
Oh yes, the big ones, another reason to wear a helmet.