WE have officially been in our new home for about a month now. The five Wombles plus one new found outdoor "friend", Mr. Hornet. Our "friend" Mr. Hornet has been taunting our fearless Leader (AKA Daddy) for most of that time. Apparently, he likes our back yard as much as we do. He looks like this...
Scary, isn't he? I promise I am not exaggerating when I say he is as big as a hummingbird but much MUCH angrier. Apparently humans don't really bother him unless there is a lawn mower involved. Most weeks Our Fearless Leader has mowed the grass at warp speed with Mr. Hornet looming in the background. It's nerve racking for ME and I'm inside with a few layers of protection between us.
Yesterday, Daddy and Andy (Daddy's older brother) worked on the landscaping. Mr. Hornet was there overseeing the project and Andy's thoughts were the same as ours...that is one SCARY bug! After the landscaping was complete, Daddy moved on to mowing the lawn. WELL, our back yard "friend" did not think that was a great idea. The closer Daddy came to the middle of the back yard (Mr. Hornet's territory) the faster he flew. With about four strips left Mr. Hornet dove toward the mower, Daddy swerved sharply avoiding contact and that was the end of mowing for the day. 
Fast forward to today...guess who's had enough of Mr. Hornet? After church, off we went to run a little errand. What did we buy you might ask? This...
So, this afternoon, in his church clothes I might add, Daddy went out to play with Mr. Hornet. It said it was guaranteed to stop on contact at 25 feet away. Look out scary bug, Our Fearless Leader is armed and dangerous...
Got him!
Got him again! 
Hmmm...he's still flying around? It said 25 feet? Hmmm... Maybe I didn't get him?
Stay tuned for more adventures with Our Fearless Leader and Mr. Hornet. We know he's still out there. We've just gotta catch him when he's down.
"Shhhhhhhh, be vewy vewy quiet; I'm hunting [hornets], heheheheheheh"
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Our Fearless Leader and the Hornet...
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4 comments:
Okay, that is a RIOT! I'm pretty sure that Foxworthy said, "You might be a redneck if you drive around chasing a hornet with a can of RAID on a riding mower". :)
Just kidding, fearless leader. ;)
FYI - you will probably have them next year - we got rid of all of ours, but they moved next door (both sides.) After we had our yard professionally sprayed, it got so bad that we couldn't go into the backyard!! J - good luck - at least you have a riding mower!! You ought to see me running with a push mower!!hehehe
Uh... Courtney forgot to add "and in your Sunday Best"
We had a big, nasty hornet problem a few weeks ago... we found out that the were locust hornets and do not bother people ( cannot sting)... but they sure did swarm. They seemed to have gone away here lately!
Oh my...that is hilarious! Daddy, looks like you're going to have to step it up...don't know to what but step it up. Our fearless leader has been pestered by moles for about 3 years now. No they don't sting but buddy just ask him about them...you'll get him going. Quite sure the same sentiments apply...
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