tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post6311754734781168639..comments2024-03-07T02:53:47.674-06:00Comments on Bish Denham : Adventures Under the Mosquito Net - Part TwoBish Denhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-62233956349122015532010-08-31T08:01:11.397-05:002010-08-31T08:01:11.397-05:00Whoa! No land crabs crawling around our house, I&#...Whoa! No land crabs crawling around our house, I'm happy to report. But we have had a bird fly in through an open door. Imagine the fun with four cats in the house. Still, I think I'd rather rescue a bird than a land crab.Cynthia Chapman Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12408985785062180536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-25356475082552197042010-08-30T20:51:29.877-05:002010-08-30T20:51:29.877-05:00Nothing too exotic inside the house...the usual pe...Nothing too exotic inside the house...the usual pests. However, when my oldest was a baby we were moving into a duplex. I had an exterminator come by before we moved in. He couldn't get in the house because the landlord wasn't around, so he just sprayed around the outside the day before we moved in. The next day THE ENTIRE PERIMETER of the house was outlined with those big black beetle bugs (some call them asian roaches, some water bugs). They were 2-3 inches long and were in a perfect line around the whole outside. There were hundreds of them. UGH. Didn't find many inside though, thankfully!Vicki Rochohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381089434014961076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-65379773207287998242010-08-30T18:58:18.678-05:002010-08-30T18:58:18.678-05:00Roaches and spiders... and ANTS!!!! I hate bugs......Roaches and spiders... and ANTS!!!! I hate bugs... but those different apartments I've lived in over the years has created some weird monsters!!! <br /><br />I thought roaches happened when you were dirty, because in Iowa that's what we labeled it as... in Texas, not the case!<br /><br />Yuck! Now I have the heebie jeebies!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667521490706435608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-44644389980262126792010-08-30T17:09:00.077-05:002010-08-30T17:09:00.077-05:00WOW! That land crab is creepy! And you've had ...WOW! That land crab is creepy! And you've had more than one run in with one. Yikes!<br /><br />This reminds me of a story my mom told me. She and her sister were tucked in a bed with mosquito netting while visiting their grandparents in the Dominican Republic. In the dark, they heard, "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." Finally one of them turned on the light and saw a bug with wings as big as a bat flapping on the mosquito netting. They screamed. <br /><br />Their parents came running and my grandmother, an island native, rolled her eyes. "Aye aye aye. Es solo una mariposa!" she said. (It's only a butterfly.) "Kill it," she said to my grandfather, a native Hungarian whose eyes bluged at the sight of the birdlike creature. <br /><br />Then she went back to bed. <br /><br />The family still jokes about "mariposas" all the time. ;)Suzanne Casamentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306151428658707692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-52035066251402863712010-08-30T16:37:06.030-05:002010-08-30T16:37:06.030-05:00I would've screamed too ... let's see. I&#...I would've screamed too ... let's see. I've had snakes, centipedes and scorpions in my bed. And those darned mosquitoes as well. Grin. Love, love, love the Pacific NW. Have I mentioned that before?Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-23732465805879814632010-08-30T14:31:23.854-05:002010-08-30T14:31:23.854-05:00Those crabs are HUGE! eek! Nice story, loved readi...Those crabs are HUGE! eek! Nice story, loved reading both parts! My fear is moths and they seem to find me. Seriously. One day I was putting on a pair of pants, and a moth was in my pantleg!!! My reaction was similar to yours in the first story where you trampled your sister. And there always seems to be a huge moth trapped in the car with me while driving. I'm lucky to not have been in a wreck because of that! And, I'm a screamer. I can sympathize with you.Rose Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11848631652522951216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-27540138003485851822010-08-30T13:50:01.544-05:002010-08-30T13:50:01.544-05:00I love reading about your adventures, Bish. One, ...I love reading about your adventures, Bish. One, you had to sleep under a mosquito net and two, a crab was in there with you!!!!!!!<br />We keep getting bats in our fireplace and it totally freaks me out. Someone's going to fix the chimney soon!Kelly Polarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968381456100611120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-69253758704207094052010-08-30T11:51:56.945-05:002010-08-30T11:51:56.945-05:00Ahhhh! That's my scream from here. I am so not...Ahhhh! That's my scream from here. I am so not an animal person. I think the biggest surprise for me was cockroaches. We don't really live in a place where they infest, but our neighbors were less than clean...Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-74189332493813725772010-08-30T08:10:17.429-05:002010-08-30T08:10:17.429-05:00Poor crabs!
We've had a few mice in and aroun...Poor crabs!<br /><br />We've had a few mice in and around the kitchen (very common in London) and we had a bird that flew in straight through the open window. But thankfully nothing more than that!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433839509609523237.post-17243572688751155152010-08-30T02:42:42.670-05:002010-08-30T02:42:42.670-05:00nothing quite so exotic *grin* big spiders and mic...nothing quite so exotic *grin* big spiders and mice thanks to our cat Griffin who likes to bring them in then release them...<br /><br />http://damselinadirtydress.blogspot.comNicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648307410383451558noreply@blogger.com