The Ugly, Creepy, and Yucky
As a child, I enjoyed playing with doodle bugs aka roly-polies. They were harmless, but, here where I live, they are annoying. They are found creeping along in our breezeways and even carpeted areas. I saw our community’s housekeeper sweeping them into her dustpan, saying “Yuck!” Annoyances. Aggravations. Those little bugs are trying to take…
That Annoying Fly and Our First Line of Defense
It is Saturday morning and my blog inspiration is slow in coming, Soon the creative juices start to flow. It starts with an annoying, over-sized, buzzing horse fly that overflew his bounds since the night before. I attempt tactical warfare — swatting and spraying – but the beast lives on. Then, while sitting at my…