I am participating in The Two Writing Teachers' Slice of Life Story Challenge, writing every day during the month of March. My theme this year is "Outdoors".
The weather in Texas seems to change on a dime, especially at this time of year. In one week, we've been chilly and hot, calm and windy, cloudy and blue skies. With all this change, it's hard to define seasons by weather. But there are two distinct periods by which we can divide the year: bugs, and no bugs.
I really enjoy the no-bug season. It's when I schedule my getaways in the woods to the north, and when I sit on my own porch at home, sipping drinks and watching the world go by. I can wander my backyard without dousing myself in repellant and slapping at the biters that slip through the chemical barrier.
I knew we were heading into bug season last weekend with the appearance of junebugs by the front door. Just a couple buzzed around on their backs; there will be plenty more soon. Today on the front porch, a medium sized spider cautiously crawled to a crack in the brick. I had to shoo a pesky cranefly away twice before it gave up and rested nearby. I brushed off my first mosquito as I examined my rosebush for buds.
No-bug season was nice while it lasted. Now, where did I put that repellant?...
We noticed a batch of flying "somethings" had hatched last week. I am not a bug person either. About mid-May we have buffalo gnats that hatch, and they are awful. I'll take mosquitoes over those.
ReplyDeleteNooo! Not the dang mosquitos! I heard a June bug last night, buzzing and fussing around the porch light. It looked like a great evening to decompress from vacay, but once I heard the buzz, I stayed inside. They tend to run into my head. Do. Not. Like. Them. At. All.
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