some people get so frightened
Hooray that the weather in Iowa is finally something I can love and enjoy! Temperatures are in the 60’s-80’s, and I’ve started running seriously outside again! On Thursday I ran around 7 miles, and on Friday about 10.5 . I’m proud of myself. Yup. Even though it was more like jogging/panting/dying by the last mile.
The worst thing about the nice weather here in Iowa, however, is the array of buglife that is coming out.
It all started with this one:
I saw one of these for the first time in my life while working at the nursing home. I never knew that something so grossly bizarre existed. ICK!
Two days ago Rachel and I had three of these guys buzzing around my house:
I’m deathly afraid of bumble bees… imagine how scared I was to see these wasps. ACK! I actually killed one myself… a few hard wacks with a notebook. Took me an hour to get the courage to kill the darn thing.
After killing it I found an array of these dead things in my windowsill:
All the little asians beetles were sucked up into my vacuum cleaner.
And not to forget the little buggers that I often find in my shower in the morning:
Needless to say, Iowa is one of the worst places to live if you hate bugs.
And after a good conversation with a few friends tonight, apparently Iowa is abundant in these little fellers as well:
Yup. Just a mile out of Sioux Center, some church basement had a nest of these. *shudders*
Basically this to say, I am very creepy-crawlied out here in Iowa.
But there is one little creature that I was very glad to have enter my life:
Meet Mr. Bentley Boy, Rachel’s new baby:
Yup that’s my fourth nephew right there. A little hairier than the ones Sarah pops out, but Rachel’s new baby is just as cute.
Speaking of growing things, rachel and I started out own little garden. Rachel planted one half, and I the other. Can you guess who’s side is who’s from this picture?
Hint: my plants are the ones that are growing.
Anyways.
I feel like this blog was random, and completely motivated by the ugly bugs I’ve seen. So in conclusion I leave you with a picture of yet another bug I can only wish I’ll never see again:
Fuzzy caterpillars. Ew. last time I went running, they were all over the sidewalks, and I’m pretty sure I squished a lot of them and now have fuzzy caterpillar juice all over my running shoes. Yukkus.
Have a wonderful week, Y’alls!
Bugged-by-bugs Deedles
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Hey Diane, I’m pretty freaky about bugs too, but I’ve learned from Stephen to just suck them up live in the vacuum cleaner. It works great! I would never think to squish them again. He’s pretty good at catching flies, wasps, moths, cicadas, etc. The only thing I give a good slap at is a mosquito biting into me! I hope you don’t have fire ants in Iowa. They are horrible! Just this week I got about 10 bites on my feet. Boy, do they itch and burn and ooze! Happy gardening and jogging!
Haha aunt Karen! Actually Rachel and I tried the vacuum cleaner, but our attachment had way too narrow of a head for the huge wasp and I was afraid that if we messed it up, it’d be mad and come after us. For other bugs that can’t fly out and sting you, a vacuum cleaner is a wonderful idea. It’s good to hear from you