OSUT 257: Spring is Finally Here. Bring on the Outdoor Fun and Grilling Season!

[DoggyDaddy]

I hope I can fix the shower and that it's something simple. If not, then I'm calling The Bath Authority and they will have to take care of it. A brand new shower should not be dripping.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I have a bunch of stuffed Italian sausage I need to use up, so I laid it out for breakfast.

I've never heard of stuffed sausage. What's it stuffed with?

 

[Expat]

I've never heard of stuffed sausage. What's it stuffed with?

That’s what they call it. It is just sausage stuffed in a casing.

 

[BeDome]

At our old place there were chiggers and fleas. They never bothered me, but I couldn't stand to see my wife or kids chewed to shreds.

Spraying store bought stuff did next to nothing.
I called around for a pro to come out. Orkin said there was not much anyone could do about chiggers, but fleas were no problem.

Ended up with Aptiva for a monthly treatment. No more critters. Only warning they had was they could not get rid of spiders, mosquitos or wasps.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

That’s what they call it. It is just sausage stuffed in a casing.

Oh okay. I thought there was something inside the sausages.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I hate chiggers! Used to get them occasionally when we'd go camping, and they seemed to really like it in my "bathing suit" area. I'd be miserable for about a week.

 

[Expat]

I hate chiggers! Used to get them occasionally when we'd go camping, and they seemed to really like it in my "bathing suit" area. I'd be miserable for about a week.

Yeah, where I am from in Eastern KY, if you got off the sidewalk, you would get eat up.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Breakfast fixin' time.

 

[BeDome]

Little blood suckers have never bothered with me, but wasps show no respect.
I just deal with those bullies one at a time.

I can get freaky or even protective around spiders because I love to photograph them.
Besides they do good work when left alone.

Doing photography for a living for 14 years took away some of the magic of a life long hobby for me.

 

[Magyars]

Morning DD, ex.
We get chiggers and ticks here, but not nearly as bad as they were in the woods of Virginia.
Only way we ever found to control the population were guinea fowl. Chigger-rid for when you get bit stops the iching.

 

[Magyars]

Morning BD

 

[BeDome]

Yeah, where I am from in Eastern KY, if you got off the sidewalk, you would get eat up.

Not unlike the Nashville area where I lived for several years.
If I sat outside reading or something, lay down my book and it would be covered with them.
Barely see them, but they show up on light colored surfaces.

 

[BeDome]

Morning Magyars

 

[Expat]

Morning Magyars

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Mornin' Magyars!

 

[OneBadV8]

Morning Sam, DD, Expat, BD, Magyars

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Mornin' V8!

 

[BeDome]

When we first got the keys to this home, first call was to Aptiva to come out and inspect.
Kind of expensive, but the job they do works.

They were there the same day I called to assess.
They set out little traps all over the yard and in the trees, gave it an hour while they did like an inch by inch inspection of the outside of the home.

Gave a very high grade on a well sealed house and no major infestation of the tiny buggers.
So, once a year inside and monthly for the yard in summer and even our dog who rolls in the grass every chance he gets, is flea free.

 

[BeDome]

Mornin' V8

 

[OneBadV8]

Oh man… I hate ticks