Bugs

As spring time springs in East Texas, I am discovering lots of bugs and spiders. So far I’ve seen 27 million species of spiders. Yes, I counted them. My least favorite are the ones that hide under the eaves of the house and then "spidy jump" down on you. Going outside is a real adventure because of all the spider webs. And, after you walk through them and hopefully get out alive, they are already re-weaving behind you.

There are bugs that crawl, fly, jump and just lay there waiting for someone to come by. Yes, we do live on a lake and bugs are to be expected. But this place is an entomologist dream come true - entomologist is a fancy word for people that study bugs. They’re usually kinda buggy themselves.

We have critters that swarm every morning and every evening. And, then there are those that just gather when ever they want to. They can make a windshield about as transparent as solid steel in seconds. Don’t turn on the wipers.

I used to wonder why people in East Texas burned something every spring. Now, I know. They are setting up a smoke screen to keep the bugs away when they go out for the morning paper.

Make that 27 million and one spider species.

PMO
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