I have written often about the multitude of critters in Arkansas and how I seem to be a magnet for most of them. My body is a bullseye for chiggers, and this year has been no exception, but the latest member of the attackers list is the eye gnat, also know as the eye fly, grass fly, face fly or fruit fly. They like the fluids in eyes and the nose, so it is easy to get one up your nose or in your eye. The result is either a blast of sneezes or what feels like a boulder in your eye.
It takes a while to stop sneezing, or get the little bugger out of your eye. There is the possibility of an eye infection like pinkeye, but the biggest annoyance is the critter feels like a sharp hot poker has been implanted in your eyeball. With so many fruit trees, flowers, and trees at the cabin, there is no shortage of these pests when I am outside, so wearing close-fitting clear glasses is a necessity.
On the other hand, one of the real enjoyable critters, if there is such a thing, is the lightening bug, or fire fly, or glowworms which have just started to appear at twilight both at the Play and the cabin. As a kid, we used to catch them in a bottle and punch holes in the lid to give them enough air to survive, but now we just enjoy the flashing of their bodies as they show off for us and their prospective mate. The vastness and variety of God's creation is something else.
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