I’d like to begin this week with a seasonal sort of rhyme that goes sort of like this: Spring has sprung and fall has fell. Now it’s summer and it’s hotter than…heck. Ha, ha, I fooled you. You probably thought I was going to say h-e-double hockey sticks. Well, there’s no denying it, folks, school’s out and summer has arrived with a vengeance.
School is out, oh happy days. Here comes summer, gonna grab my girl and run away. If she’s willing, we’ll go steady right away. Oh, let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home.
(“Here Comes Summer” – Jerry Keller -1959)
In case you haven’t noticed, summer’s sudden arrival has brought with it an unprecedented explosion of the ever-annoying bug population, enough to keep an exterminator busy until the next snow flies. And, speaking of flies, we seem to have a bumper crop of deer flies in my neck of the woods, even though I haven’t seen a single deer…nor a married one.
There also seems to be a bountiful harvest of ordinary house flies, hornets, crane flies, mosquitos and mosquito hawks, though I could use a few more mosquito hawks. I only mention this because I just finished round three of my yearly weed-whacking extravaganzas and I got eaten alive by all the mosquitos, not to mention the deer flies. I sure wish they made deer fly hawks.
I guess I don’t have to tell you the ants are on the march again. And all those flying ants you’ve seen swarming…sorry to disappoint you, but they’re not ants – they’re termites. I suppose I’m lucky, I’ve never had any problems with termites…except for the time my ruffian brother put termites in my Lincoln Logs. Well, my ruffian brother didn’t even get in trouble. Mom always liked my brother best! (By the way, I borrowed that one from the Smothers Brothers.)
Soon, those cute little green “Stealth Fighter” bugs will be dive bombing my desk lamp again. And speaking of green bugs, which I just was, the inch worms are starting to dangle from their silken threads, hanging from the oak trees. Pretty soon, they will be morphing inro those little white moths that try to beat you into the house just as soon as you open the door at night. Hint…leave your porch light turned off and fewer of them will get inside.
Summertime does have its positive aspects. However, some of my favorite summertime activities
are backyard barbecues, road trips, outdoor concerts, drive-in movies, late night star gazing in the hot tub and strolls through the woods with my honey.
Here comes summer, feel her lips so close to mine. Here comes summer, when we meet her eyes both shine. Let’s have summer all the time. Oh, let the sun shine bright on my happy summer home.
Keep it flyin’,
Uncle Mott
0 Comments