Holy Hornets Nest, Batman!

Ouch!  These Things Can Really Hurt

We have had a good week since returning home on Sunday from Silverdale, working on inside stuff and getting caught up from being gone for most of last week.  Neil was able to hang some shop lights in his new shop, and Pamela has been working on getting ready for a Creative Memories event tonight and also on Saturday.

One Last Lawn Mowing Today Turned Out Painful

Since it rained most of the last week, and today dawned with dry weather, Neil decided to tackle one of those garden chores he hasn't gotten around to doing.  Sounds like a good idea, right?  Wrong!  Well the chore was one final mowing of the lawn and mulching of the leaves.  All was going well until he stepped onto a hornets nest in the ground cover when turning around the lawn mower.  Next thing he knew, he had been bitten in the back of the neck, the hand and face before he high-tailed it out of there.  He ran into the garage, but several came in with him.  He thought that he had left them behind and came into the house, and found out he was wrong.

A Gadget to the Rescue!

About eight hornets made it into the house, but we were prepared for them.  We both got electronic bug zappers and quickly dispatched the infidels.  They were so busy going at Neil that they were pretty easy pickings.  Neil got about four hornet stings, but only two of them are hurting and there isn't really any swelling or other symptoms--just localized pain.  Neil felt well enough to empty a spray can of hornet spray into the opening of the nest.  It made him feel a little bit better.

In the end, the lawn got mowed and Neil was able to fill three garbage cans with leaves and other stuff that has fallen on the lawn this year.  He will try to spread some mulch when we get the next dry spell.  There is another series of rain storms coming in this weekend, so we will continue to work on in the house and in the RV projects.

Neil did find a Presidential candidate that he wants to vote for.  It is currently a local write-in campaign that showed up in the Portland Oregonian.  Here is some information on the candidate:

This candidate has a great plan that should be a howling success.  Hopefully, you can click on the image below and it will enlarge so you can read it--if not, let me know and I will email it to you as a PDF,

We are having a good Fall so far, and hope that you are as well.  Thanks for visiting!

Neil and Pamela