Hiding in the Siding

| Flower Roberts

This story started with a sting in 2018. My husband was going in and out the deck door while grilling. He felt pain on the side of his flip-flopped foot. There was a red spot that started to swell.

The party paused for Benadryl and ice. We soon discovered that Yellow Jackets were hovering low at the corner by the door. We keep wasp spray on hand for just such an incident. That killed those present, but more arrived to the insect airport.

I looked up various remedies to fix the problem. None worked including sealing to opening. They quit coming and going above the deck and moved their traffic below deck. Mr. Flower even used some gasoline at the point of entry. This flushed some of the flyers inside the basement where Mr. Allergic watches television.

Finally, he rigged up some bottle to blow Sevin into the hole. The airport shut down.

This could have been the end of the story but there has been a new development.

Flower finally got her own television for Christmas. It was installed on the wall upstairs, after years of watching on an old box in a cabinet. The new TV needed to be hooked up to the dish cable that served the downstairs TV. More channels for me! It’s about damn time…

Ceiling tiles had to be moved in the Man Cave. This is when the huge nest was discovered. WOW! Mr. Allergic could have been killed on the couch as he watched his sports and scary movies. We all took turns climbing up on the cabinet to peer into the cavernous darkness using a flashlight.

Insects are amazing. I respect them. I usually leave them alone unless they invade our living space and threaten my family.

This nest is a wonderful work of art and architecture. I am so glad we found it hiding in the siding of the Man Cave.

FLOW

16 thoughts on “Hiding in the Siding”

    1. Really!
      His adding gasoline was a mistake.
      It drove them INTO the man cave.
      He makes me nervous with his ideas.
      I blogged on his methods for getting rid of a rat in the bunny yard.
      I got light-headed from laughing and breathing in smoke.
      I must find that post!

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