Little Devils!

Ok..so I have had just about enough of this!  Last night, Ms. Ez had to go about eleven o'clock.  Not that this is so bad..she usually does. This time, however, when I opened the door, I was greeted with something not so nice!!  The screen door was completely blocked by...termites!  The door was slammed shut!  Bang! Yep, those nasty things have swarmed again!  I had no idea that it was all over the local news since I do not have a television but I surely became aware of it when I opened that door!  Ms. Ez would just have to hold it!  I yelled for Michael to come downstairs...QUICK!

Once he was at the doorway, I pulled it open again.  All I got from him was a big...hmmmm.  Not quite the reaction that I had to seeing our house being inundated by wood-eating monsters!  We pondered a bit about the course of action that was necessary all the while slamming down the open windows!  Termites were crawling in everywhere!  Ugh!  Spray!  Lots of insecticide seemed to be called for during this emergency!  He turned to head to the shed but not before coming up with another brilliant solution...THE LAMP!  I agreed!  This seemed like a good idea!  The bugs were attracted to light!  All of the house lights were doused and I grabbed my living room lamp.  I headed out the door and down the hillside.  He made his way to the shed to grab spray and the longest extension cord we own.  Plugging the cord into the outside outlet, he dragged it down to where I stood with the lamp.  That lit..the termites turned their attention from my wooden house and headed for the light!  Whoa!!! Within seconds, the swarm had engulfed the light to where it was almost darkened.  Michael sprayed a goodly amount of insecticide on the ground around the lamp base.  It worked!  The termites were dropping like flies..umm...dead termites!

Now, our attention turned once again to the house and the problem at hand.  He handed me one container of spray and dashed up the ladder to the rooftop.  Now keep in mind that all of this is taking place in the middle of the night and I..had forgotten about the poor dog!  She held it! (Thank goodness!)  Anyway, by the time I was through spraying the front of the house, Michael was back down the ladder to help do the windows.  We sprayed around each..killing thousands of the little devils!  By the time we were through..or just overtired..a thick layer of dead bugs laid piled up on the ground under each window and the front steps was coated with a thick layer.  Hopefully, this will deter any from munching my rafters!

Poor Ms. Ez was patiently waiting when we returned inside.  I let her out only to watch her stare confusedly at the lamp down by the marsh!  Poor old dog probably thought we were slap loco!  She did her business by lamplight and Michael and I spent the rest of the evening in the dark!  I am hoping that there will not be a repeat of this scenario tonight but it seems like the norm down this far south for the past few years.  I read in the newspaper that the entire Coast was being attacked and that most preventive sprays were not doing a whole lot about keeping the critters at bay.  All we can do is fight the ones at hand and replace boards that are infested.  As much as I do not like chemicals being used around my place..sometimes it is a necessary evil.  Die..little wood-munching devils..die!  You know...Alfred Hitchcock has nothing on me!  Just try living on a Bayou and see if a few horror stories do not occur!  "Birds"...bah!  Try "Bugs"!  It does take an immense sense of humor to cope with a lot of the things encountered when living on the Bayou!