Invaders of the Creepy Kind

Invaders of the Creepy Kind

Ants are on my cabinet, mosquitoes at the door; Summertime has come at last. Who could ask for more? I don’t know if they are coming in to escape the rain, or if the rain is causing them to multiply. Maybe each raindrop is a tiny capsule filled with baby mosquitoes and ants. Maybe they […]

Invaders from an Alien World

Invaders from an Alien World

Ants are on my cabinet, mosquitoes at the door; Summertime has come at last. Who could ask for more? I don’t know if they are coming in to escape the rain, or if the rain is causing them to multiply. Maybe each raindrop is a tiny capsule filled with baby mosquitoes and ants. Maybe they […]

Autumn Thoughts on a Warm September Day

Autumn Thoughts on a Warm September Day

  Yesterday, I decided that I should make my house a little more welcoming for fall, just in case it is really around the corner. If it should come calling and find summer still firmly ensconced, why, it just might not feel welcome and turn around and go back home. We can’t have that! The weatherman […]

The Sinister, Swarming Pest

Mosquitoes I wonder how they got on board, This swarming, biting, pesky hoarde? Didn’t Noah see them coming Or hear their loud, annoying humming? They survived a world that flooded To torment all who are warm-blooded. –Blanche I don’t think I’ve ever seen mosquitoes as bad as they are this summer. The city sprays but […]