The Plague of the Grasshoppers

Unless you see this, I just don’t see how anyone can believe how bad these giant grasshoppers are.  I surely wouldn’t believe it if I weren’t fighting it right now.  Just a few minutes ago, I was sitting at my computer in the sewing room and glanced up at the window.  There was a huge grasshopper sitting on the screen and then I did a double take.  He was eating the screen!

There’s a third hole over on the right side but you can’t see it in this picture.  The screens are not metal but who would think these grasshoppers would be eating them . . whatever they are?  I went and found Vince and had him come look.  He couldn’t believe it either!  We have a couple of screens at the house that need replacing so Vince said he’ll get someone to come out and replace all the screens and be sure we use grasshopper proof metal!

I sure hope they don’t eat the new patio furniture!  And, I hope they all die soon . . every one of them . . and I never see them again!

Patio Furniture

Friday night when the power was off, there was still plenty of light outside . . enough light to knit, but there wasn’t much light inside.  I commented that it sure would be nice to have some furniture on the porch!  That was not a good comment.  We bought some furniture in February or March and it was still sitting in the boxes on the front porch.  The chairs had to be put together.  I’m not real sure what we were waiting for but Saturday morning, fairly early, Vince was out putting together the chairs.

 

The plastic was still on the cushions when I took the photo.    Vince decided he wanted a table where we could eat outside if we want so yesterday we went shopping for more porch furniture.  It’s all on sale and there was still a pretty good selection.  Here’s the table we ended up with.

Pretty inviting, huh?  With the fans, it’s comfortable out there til about 11:00 in the mornings but then it doesn’t cool down til about 8 p.m.  Fall’s coming though and I think we’ll spend a lot of time on the porch.

We also got a glider with cushions and it didn’t get put together. I think the plan for it is to go under these trees so we can sit and watch the chickens.

See the big gray bucket on its side there behind the trees?  That’s the chicken jail.  Otis spent some time in there Friday afternoon.  I thought after the way he acted that he might not be with us today but so far, he’s been a good boy since he got out of jail on parole!  Poor Otis.  He is so funny to watch but he really needs an attitude adjustment!

Stash Reports – Weeks 29 & 30

Since there was no stash report last week due to the new blog installation, if you want to do two links — one to last week’s report and one to this week’s report, that’s fine.  Or, you cold be like me and have nothing to report so . . what difference does it make?  I’m going to do better . . really, I am!

Used this Week: 0 yards
Used year to Date: 143.25 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 48.75 yards
Net Used for 2012: 94.50 yards



Stash Report – Week 30, 2012

Finally, something to report!

Used this Week: 0 yards
Used year to Date: 143.25 yards
Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 48.75 yards
Net Used for 2012: 94.50 yards