I live in a Northern state now, with far less pesky mosquitoes, but I used to live in the American South, and I don't know if you find them uniformly in that region, but there were
tons of mosquitoes where I lived. And I was their personal favorite. I always had two or three bloodsucking bugs following me during the summer.
Special note - pyrethins are a type of insecticide made from. . . chrysanthemums, I think? It's some sort of flower.
I can look pretty crazy when I first roll out of bed in the morning. Then again, that's probably true of any girl with a lot of hair. It's been the basis of a lot of my jokes, including a pretty silly story involving a Medusa play. Anne was the over-enthusiastic Medusa.
I once deliberately moved to the floor from my bed.
And Anne. . . think about it. . . using a superpowerful energy field as an
air mattress. . .
It just cracked me up.
Our house is apparently a favorite nesting ground for wasps. I suppose the often fruit-filled compost pile in the garden has something to do with it. When we moved north, we apparently traded mosquitoes for wasps. Seems like a good trade to me; wasps don't suck blood and cause itches. Just so long as I don't accidentally step on one, and especially if it turns out mantises really
do eat them.
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