Citronella Adventure
Here's what happened this evening.
1) I wanted to read outside in the swing, but lately mosquitos have been latching on to me like I'm some kind of sugar lump. Imagining that mosquitos like sugar. I don't know if they do or not. I like sugar, though, and I don't see why they wouldn't.
2) Michael very kindly found the citronella candles for me in the garage. Unfortunately, the wicks were buried under wax, so I started to dig them out with a rock.
1) I wanted to read outside in the swing, but lately mosquitos have been latching on to me like I'm some kind of sugar lump. Imagining that mosquitos like sugar. I don't know if they do or not. I like sugar, though, and I don't see why they wouldn't.
2) Michael very kindly found the citronella candles for me in the garage. Unfortunately, the wicks were buried under wax, so I started to dig them out with a rock.
3) I had no luck finding the wicks.
4) I paused to take a picture of this plant growing from underneath the deck. Please ignore our unsightly chicken wire. That's a different story.
5) My darling husband pulled out the citronella torches and put them up. Please ignore whatever is growing in that stoneware crock that I have ignored all summer.
6) He also pulled out a shovel to attack the yellow jacket nest in our paving stone border. This concerned me but turned out fine.
7) I sat and read for awhile. I saw two mosquitos flying around slowly and drunkily, but they did not bother me.
8) Still, concerned, I made sure the other citronella candles I found were as close to me as I could get them. They seemed fairly ineffectual.
9) A mosquito landed on my foot and bit me.
10) Two more mosquitos bit me.
11) I freaked out and went inside.
12) I lost.