Spare Us!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, February 25, 2011
We recently found carpenter ants in our house, so an exterminator came and baited for them. Since the bait does much of its work when the ants take it back to the nest, we were instructed not to touch or spray any ants that we saw around the house.
Recently Camilla, sitting on the floor, saw one and yelled for me to come and squish it.
“I can’t,” I said. “They told us not to kill them.”
A second later, my husband and I were treated to our daughter’s best scornful face (tilted head, raised eyebrows) as she told me, “Silly Mama! Ants can’t talk!”
But, as a friend of mine commented when I related the story: if the ants could talk, that is probably what they would say.
Summer Kitchen Vermin
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Homemaking on Thursday, April 15, 2010
A few weeks ago when the ants invaded, the sight of one would send Camilla shrieking to find me so I could kill it for her.
This afternoon she noticed one on the carpet and informed me of its presence. I armed myself with a tissue, then turned around and laughed. Rather than waiting for me to do the dirty work, my daughter was squatting on the floor, hopping after the ant as she blithely attempted... READ MORE
Thank You, Lord, For The Ant Invasion
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Homemaking on Thursday, May 07, 2009
The Teti household is in the midst of its annual Spring Ant Battle.
For about two weeks each year we get the tiny invaders and I spend my time chasing them (though a combination of super-cleaning, fanatical rearrangement of the cabinets, and judicious Raid application) from one part of the kitchen to another until they finally get the idea they’re not welcome here.
It’s annoying and I’ve been feeling put upon, until I read this.
In a coastal town in Queensland, Australia, heavy rains have driven the eastern tarantulas out of gardens and into public places. Get a load of this: “Earlier this week locals spotted an Australian tarantula wandering towards a public garden in the centre of town where people often sit for lunch. They called in a pest controller, but not before using a can of insect spray to paralyse the spider.”
A can of insect spray for one spider?
I could have it so much worse. Thank you, Lord, for never sending more than I can handle.
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