Oh the Joys of Louisiana

Spring here on the bayou is just a little bit different then what I am used to. I've noticed that now that the weather is really starting to warm up (70's and 80's), that with this warm weather comes all kinds of insects, bugs, lizards etc. Today Jeremy and I were in our back yard just enjoying the warm weather and watching our little bundle of joy (Homer) playing in the grass. Well after a minute or so I felt something pinch me, and when we looked down Jeremy immediately screamed "Oh crap...run!" We were standing right on top of a red ant hill. The next thing I knew red ants were all over my legs and on my flip flops munching away at my fragile skin. I was in such a panic that I ended up striping off my pants right there in the back yard so I could get the ants off. Luckily no one saw me...I hope. Jeremy quickly ran inside and grabbed a can of insect spray. Before I knew it he was armed and back outside to teach those little buggers a lesson. So, the moral of this story is that these ants are mean! I don't even want to think about the many different kinds of large, ugly, mean insects I am going to encounter as the season rolls on. That's the life on the bayou I guess.

A picture of the attackers. Nasty little things aren't they???

This is what a batch of red ants did to Jeremy's foot a couple of weeks ago. Don't worry, he only itched for about a week and the red marks are pretty much gone now. Plus, Jeremy didn't go down in flames...he attacked right back with a little something called Black Flag.

And die they did.