Armadillos and Fireflies

It's hard to see, but the little critter scampering off to the left is a LIVE armadillo.  He's a juvenile, the adults are about 3X his size.  This is the first live one we've seen, after 42 dead ones smashed on the roads. 

We were driving out in the country and saw the cutest church, so we stopped to take some pictures, and as we were walking around, we spotted this little guy.  He decided to get outta there, so we didn't get many pictures, and no real good ones, but I do have some video of him, with Sister Johnson chasing.  We were hoping he would curl up in a ball in defense mode, but he was for skedaddling.  They are surprisingly fast.

One more thing checked off Sister Johnson's bucket list - only 2 more to go.

WAIT!!  Since she just caught a live firefly, now there's only 1 more item (a real tornado, and I'm hoping we don't see one of those).  Unfortunately, fireflies are only seen at night, and they light for only about a second.  She and one of her friends caught about 4 in a jar, but they wouldn't cooperate for pictures, so you'll have to take my word for it.  I did get a little bit of their flash on video.  For those who haven't seen a firefly, they give off a surprising amount of light, about like a bright spark lofting upwards from a fire, but they only burn for about a second.  They have little wings and a big butt to carry their lighted rear end around, so they can't fly very fast, and if you can get near one, they are not hard to catch.  I'll try for some more pictures before we leave.