They are back. We were hoping they wouldn’t show up. But they have. The dreaded Black Flies. I know that God created all creatures – and
probably for some good reason. But
honestly, I think God was having a bad day when he made Black Flies. They are tiny
creatures. About the size of a pencil
tip. They have wings. And teeth. Seriously. They must have teeth. Unlike mosquitoes, who sting you, Black Flies
take hunks of flesh. Like little flying
piranhas.
They like to bite us dogs around our eyes and
nose. And the bites make us itch. They do the same to humans- and they will
bite humans ANYWHERE.
Yesterday they appeared – and were
obviously REALLY hungry after a long winter.
My human and her friend were doing a futile human task – scraping the
deck to prepare it for staining. I say
futile, because they will end up doing the same thing next year. The job would have been done MUCH more
quickly if my human had let Frodo help – he LOVES to dig at things. But no – we got to watch the painstaking
process from indoors. My human didn’t want
to subject us to the flies - that was nice of her.
The Black Flies stay around for a few weeks
and then the mosquitoes come out.
Hey. Maybe winter wasn’t so bad
after all! JUST JOKING!!!!!! I think I'll take some pests over a luge run any day.
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