Demons from Hell
Last Friday I was cleaning out a flower bed in front of my house, trying to do a little delayed garden spring cleaning. All of a sudden my ear was in agony and I was surrounded by little bits of flying hell. I was slapping them away so hard I actually slapped my earring out of my ear!!! I got at least 5 stings, maybe more, before I escaped into the house, 3 stings on my face and neck, 1 (or maybe 2) on my arm and 1 on my elbow. And they hurt for over 3 days!
Yellow jackets (the evil kind, not the Ramblin' Wrecks) build most of their nests underground leaving only a 1/2" to 1" hole for an entrance. Dig that hole under a few fallen leaves and you have the perfect portal to hell.
Saint Gene and I went back after it started getting dark and sprayed the entrance with wasp and hornet spray and closed the portal to hell. Now I can get back to planting the daylilies I planned to put in that location.
It wasn't a fun experience but it gave me a good subject to sketch for my journal.
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