I never liked walking through a spider web, even a one strand web I get all tangled up is and seems like it sticks all over, good reason to walk a few paces behind someone else through the woods
My pet peeve is when a wasp or yellow jacket flies in the open window when I'm driving. All of a sudden I think I can feel him on my back under my shirt - YOW! Yeah,, they used to call it an act of God - sheesh.....
I was driving late at night/ early morning and was pretty tired, you can drive a long time legally without a commercial license, and I had almost gone to sleep a couple of times, I stuck my head out the window for the wind to get me awake good, and a june bug splattered on my forehead, at 70 mph , that hurt
A buddy of mine was riding his motorcycle and had a hornet get under his full face helmet. It stung him about a dozen times before he could stop and get the helmet off. We thought it was a lot funnier than he did.
I sat down yesterday on a concrete outdoor bench, and soon a little red ant ran across my leg... I looked down to see that there a hundred million more of them, and I sat right in the middle of them. Really glad no one was videoing me.
Yesterday Lake Superior hit us with a "sucker punch". It was only 45° for a high, and we were socked in with fog so thick you could barely see your hand in front of your face. Today is much better. No fog, and "warm" at 60°. Bring on the heat!
Last year when I went back home to visit the folks in Indiana, the cornfields here in Minnesota were barely 3 feet tall. While going through Illinois and Indiana, the corn growing there was well over 6 feet tall.
It can get dusty and windy way out here. The first time I walked up to the Customs building at Sweet Grass, MT , there was a tumbleweed blown up against the door. Being from the East, I thought, "Wow, this sure is different than the Buffalo border crossing". lol
during that time, 18,200 acres of woods burned just south of where we live, the fire started from a trailer wheel bearing that went out. as dry as the ground grass way, it took off quick
I used to fight forest fires and wildfires in Indiana and California back in 1977/ 78.
The forest fires in Indiana were results of lightning strikes, and the California wildfires were caused by arson. It doesn't take much of a spark to get something like that going when the conditions are "right", like that trailer wheel bearing. Fire generates it's own wind as it grows, making it harder for the guys trying to put the fire out.
Ha! Reminds me of the Maryhill, Ontario volunteer fire dept. that were trying to put out a grass fire. Their truck was parked in a field nearby ,, the wind shifted and burned up their brand new fire truck.
my neighbor was bush hogging and I guess the blade hit a rock, or could have been a spark from exhaust, but he burned up about 5 acres before we got it out, glad there was no wind or it could have been bad
Five acres in Texas is minuscule,,,everything's bigger in the Lone Star.....😉
That reminds me of the old joke about the three Texans bragging to each other about their land holdings. The first one made the boast that his ranch had 20,000 acres. The second one made the comment that that was a bit small since he had over 50,000 acres. The third guy said "Shucks. I've only got 20 acres." The other two tried to be nice to him and asked - - where are those 20 acres of yours?
