Last week I made a quick reference to the return of the ladybugs. Hugh and LaVon were our neighbors here at The Passion Play last year and had an infestation of the cute little critters in their storage bins, taking many of them to Madison, Georgia when they travelled there. It wasn't that big of a deal for them. We found one dead ladybug in a window well when we arrived in Madison, so it wasn't a big deal for us either. This year is different, really different.
We have been invaded big time, inside our RV, and we have had hundreds and hundreds of them the past three days. We have no choice but to capture them in a 3 inch tall pill bottle with a screw top and then dispose of them when the bottle is getting full, so they won't have the opportunity to revisit us. I know they are supposed to have an ecological purpose, but invading our home is not on any list I have read. Sorry, little fellas, but you are messy, have a musty odor and are getting to the level of annoyance of my other nemesis, the chigger. Fortunately, the chiggers are elsewhere for now and the lumps, sores and itching are only a memory, one I am glad is past. Maybe the upcoming rain and cooler weather will shortly abate the ladybug problem.
I have a better understanding and empathy for the plagues endured by the Egyptians in the Moses/Aaron era and the people of the Dust Bowl sufferered from the constant wind, dust in their homes and grasshoppers destroying their crops. There is certainly an anxiety when we are beset with situations we can't control and have little way to eliminate. Overdramatic, perhaps, but still glad to be where we are, doing what we're doing. See you in a couple of weeks, Hugh and LaVon. Your ladybug friends, and us, will be there soon.
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