A switch from my regular happy to be alive posts.
I don’t like….
Being bitten on the hand by a horse fly while mowing the lawn and having it swell up to 5 times it’s normal size.
Hot, stiff and throbbing.
And not in a good way.
I don’t like….
Being bitten on the ankle by a horse fly the next day and having it swell up to epic proportions as well.
WTH?
Did one of you clowns stick a Bite Me sign on my back…
I don’t like….
Being late to lunch with friends because I lost the husband to yet another junk filled yard sale he just couldn’t drive by.
He came back with a bag… and I didn’t even want to know what was in it.
I don’t like….
The fact that the husband owns a chain saw.
This birch tree had one bad section… one.
So bye bye entire tree.
Nothing is safe. Except the two dead flowering plum trees I’ve been after him to cut for years. Those?
He leaves alone.
I don’t like….
Going out to check on the baby catbird nest and finding momma’s feathers on the ground…
And an empty nest knocked loose from the bush.
Poor little things.
I don’t like….
Things that come in threes. First our too new to die damn it refrigerator, then my car’s air conditioner, and now the husband’s truck’s air conditioner. There’s a conspiracy afoot to make me sweat.
I really, really don’t like that!
Horseflies, I’ve read, are attracted to blogs with a lot of gifs and memes.
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Damn.
I’m doomed.
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Sorry. Snarl as much as necessary. That’s what blogs are for, right?
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And posting superfluous photos… yes.
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Yikes – If one out of five people will be bitten by a horsefly, 8 of us appreciate your taking the shot for us. I really want to know what’s in the bag.
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I’m a team player… 8 of you can rest easy now.
As for the bag? You probably don’t. It’s never good…
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Which bastard horsefly gave you cankles River?!?! That is unacceptable! On another note, I think your hubs needs “antique collection therapy.” He spends way too much time at yard sales trying to find???? I’m not sure but I think he may have a problem, lol.
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I know he has a problem! But bless his heart, he’s a good man and it’s his only vice.
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I’m sorry.
Horseflies suck. *knock on wood* haven’t seen any this year….
But the Gnats….OH MY GAWD!!
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The neighbors have horses next door… it’s a given.
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My neighbors have horses too……………
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Okay.
So maybe I’m sweeter than you….?
🤣
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HA!
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Okay young lady YOU WENT TOO FAR!!! MY DORIS would NEVER use language like that!! I am going to have to tell the horse flies to bite you where it hurts unless you apologize to Dodo!
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Don’t blame me… talk to Google!
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Get a bottle of Skin So Soft from your Avon lady … unfortunately, then she will know you are a live one, and pester you monthly to by their other crap. I use it, and though I smell like feminine hygiene spray, it keeps the bluebottles and horseflies away …
As for the junk … I suggest another shed …
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Is Avon still in business? I haven’t seen a lady for 20 years…
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Just checked … there are some left, but Avon mostly does online sales now …
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So basically…. Amazon killed the Avon lady too?
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…. dead … dead … dead …
And the pink Cadillac lady too.
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River, Ouch! You’re having a not great day! Drink. All. Day. Long. There, now! Better? Mona
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Not yet, but that’s good advice.
😉
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Guess I was lucky as a kid. Went to my Aunts and cousins farm to spend a lot of time and used to run from the horsefly’s cause they scared me. I was told they wouldn’t hurt me, course that was by the same people who believed in the Easter bunny, so yeah there’s that…Sorry but watch out for #3
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I run… and swat… and curse… to no avail. And when they bite? It hurts!!
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I feel your pain, but I’m laughing so hard right now, River. Ouch on those bites. Could you be somewhat allergic. I look the same way after the mosquitoes get me. Camping is not in my vocabulary. Good luck with those plum trees.
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I probably am allergic. And fire ants are even worse…. they make me swell up to epic proportions.
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I love junk yards…they are like a balm to the soul.
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Then you and my husband would get along well…
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Oh I don’t like any of that for you, either. Nope. No likey.
Take some antihistamines and remind your husband every tree is an ecosystem?
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If he was half as eager to plant as he is to fell I’d be okay with it…
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