May is black fly season. The first two weeks of May only the male flies are out, and they are annoying enough but they don’t bite. The last half of the month, though, watch out! That is a dangerous time to be driving on the rural roads, as the black flies drive the moose absolutely crazy and they come running out of the deep woods into the highway in a vain attempt to escape the biting flies. As one drives through the countryside one can see the lucky horses that have owners that care enough about them to put fly sheets on their backs and over their faces. It may look odd to the casual tourist that doesn’t know much about horses, but I’m sure that the horses are grateful to have them!
Swimmers itch
When my wife read that swimmer’s itch has been reported in the pond that we live beside, she was very upset. From what we understand, swimmer’s itch is a small parasite that burrows under your skin. And the thought of a parasite burrowing into her body just totally freaks her out. She gets extremely upset if and when she ever finds a tick on her body, and she totally freaked out when she went swimming at the town’s public beach when she saw leeches in the water. She told me that she will probably never swim in a New England pond ever again. I guess that really doesn’t bother me much at all – I’m more of a boater than a swimmer.
Carpet Cleaning in Round Rock
I’m glad that my daughter finally listened to my voice of reason and contacted the round rock carpet cleaning service that I found for her online. She still doesn’t have Internet access and being new in that area she doesn’t know many people yet to turn to for recommendations for things such as this and is too busy working and being a new mommy to go to the library to use their computers.
Their new puppy has made a real mess of their carpets and I am concerned for the health of my granddaughter because she is just starting to be able to crawl around and I really hate the thought of her crawling and rolling around on such a badly soiled carpet. There is a good chance that that carpet wasn’t even cleaned from the previous tenant when she moved in just a few months ago, so I’ll feel much better when I know that she has called and had this taken care of.
Tick Season
Just found two more ticks on my legs today, which is the fourth tick that I have had to pull off of my body in just the last week. I’m glad that I have been able to locate them quickly and have been able to get them all off with no problems. The last thing I need is to come down with Lymes disease, it’s some nasty stuff.
Donuts?
From what I have learned, the worst thing you can eat for breakfast is a food that is mostly white flour, fat, and sugar. But one of the most popular breakfast foods is a donut. So what caused this contradiction? Why did people start thinking that eating donuts was a good way to start the day? And don’t get me started on why our law enforcement officers always seem to enjoy the donut!