what happened?

okay, i'm a little late w/ this post but i was looking at back posts that i wrote and thought of it. last october...13, october '05 to be exact, i wrote a post about all the ladybugs that were all over the place...literally. there were everywhere!! you couldn't open a door w/out at least 3 flying into your house. this year? none. well...that's not exactly true. i saw one! just one...on my birthday! it was on the windshield of the car for like 10 mins. then it was gone. it was super cute to see one on my birthday since i love them, but what happened? is it this crazy "el~nino" weather we're having? strange! ciao!