pushing insects lol

January 11, 2006

*lol* Reminds me of the time i moved out to Oregon

and rented a house along the Rogue River. We had a

huge backyard and i had to mow the lawn. There were

little tree frogs that loved to live in the grass especially

close down by the river's edge. i hated how the loud

mower would scare them, and sometimes cause them

to jump away, thus getting killed in the mower's blades.

i would go to the lawn before mowing and try to scare

them away... i am certain my neighbors and the folks

watching me from across the river thought i was quite

odd as a yelled, clapped my hands and jumped around

chasing whate frogs i could away.

Now about those monks sweeping away the bugs...

i wonder how many ants and other crawlies got broken

legs from being pushed around like that? *lol* Oh well,

we all have to do what our conscience begs us to do.

~ pt ~

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now,

only much, much better.

~ Laurie Anderson

, Meg <itszen4me@g...> wrote:

>

> Some Buddhist monks wear masks to avoid inhaling insects, and they go

> barefoot or wear soft slippers to avoid harming worms, bugs, etc. Some

> even have a small, soft animal hair or yack tail brooms (from dead yack,

> they also harvest the bones for beads and tools once the yack dies of

> natural causes). They carry the broom with them to brush the ground in

> front of them as they walk to avoid stepping on insects.

> meg

>

January 11, 2006

Oh, I sympathize, PT. We had lots of those little frogs in The

Dalles, at least until a family of my chickens (who were extremely

good flyers) moved onto the upper deck of our house where the frogs

mostly lived, decided that's where they would live too, and ate

them. A friend nearby had those frogs living all over her basement

and they came to love the croaking noises. One time I brought in a

plant to overwinter in a southfacing window. On a cold, sunny day, I

heard croaking from the plant. I had to close off the room so the

cats wouldn't eat the froggie, then put him/her outdoors the following spring.

BTW regarding insects. Catching them in your house is usually quite

easy: drinking glass and stiff paper or cardboard. But most of us

wouldn't want to do that with a huge wasp, as we get sometimes in

winter. I have something called a " Bug Stick " manufactured for this

purpose. It is a long stick with a puff of tualle (sp?) at the

end. The tualle can be made to retract into the base of the

stick. You just put the tualle on the offending wasp, black widow,

or whomever, pull the stick, walk to the door, watching the floor in

case somebody falls out, then, outside, push the retraction out,

shooting the intruder a couple of feet out onto the deck, garden, or

whatever, in good shape but outdoors. However, when we lived in

eastern Oregon, I didn't have the heart to put the offending spiders

outdoors to instantly freeze, so I escorted them to our

basement. You can imagine in spring -- no flies there!! But cobwebs

everywhere<g>

Sherry

At 02:06 PM 1/11/2006, you wrote:

>*lol* Reminds me of the time i moved out to Oregon

>and rented a house along the Rogue River. We had a

>huge backyard and i had to mow the lawn. There were

>little tree frogs that loved to live in the grass especially

>close down by the river's edge. i hated how the loud

>mower would scare them, and sometimes cause them

>to jump away, thus getting killed in the mower's blades.

>i would go to the lawn before mowing and try to scare

>them away... i am certain my neighbors and the folks

>watching me from across the river thought i was quite

>odd as a yelled, clapped my hands and jumped around

>chasing whate frogs i could away.

January 11, 2006

We get all kinds of bugs working down here. Luckily the biggest problem

I've had with bugs in my place are lady bugs (they can't get enough of me,

<rimshot>). I'll transfer them from place to place via finger or hand (if

they are on me or in a sink that I need to use). Don't know if they like

that but it will have to do.

Sherry, that contraption sounds interesting. Does it work well with

roaches? I don't mind wasps or bees or anything else but I'm not much of a

fan of big roaches (I'll just keep it at that).

PT, your message was so great. I have often wondered if I was the only

person who would abruptly stop the mower and work the frog away from the

front of the mower and into the already cut side of the mower (they always

want to go to the uncut side so they can hide in the taller grass - but I'm

heading to that row next!). On several occasions, I've been known to stop

the mower (engine and all) and go to pick up the frog (that had moved to the

wrong side) and take it to the other side. I'm sure people think I'm nuts.

Shawn

On 1/11/06, ~ PT ~ <> wrote:

>

> *lol* Reminds me of the time i moved out to Oregon

> and rented a house along the Rogue River. We had a

> huge backyard and i had to mow the lawn. There were

> little tree frogs that loved to live in the grass especially

> close down by the river's edge. i hated how the loud

> mower would scare them, and sometimes cause them

> to jump away, thus getting killed in the mower's blades.

> i would go to the lawn before mowing and try to scare

> them away... i am certain my neighbors and the folks

> watching me from across the river thought i was quite

> odd as a yelled, clapped my hands and jumped around

> chasing whate frogs i could away.

>

> Now about those monks sweeping away the bugs...

> i wonder how many ants and other crawlies got broken

> legs from being pushed around like that? *lol* Oh well,

> we all have to do what our conscience begs us to do.

>

> ~ pt ~

>

> Paradise is exactly like where you are right now,

> only much, much better.

> ~ Laurie Anderson

>

January 12, 2006

OMG! You actually put the black widows down in your

basement? *lol* i am not so kind in regards to them...

they get squished. *shudders*

~ pt ~

The journey we begin as we answer the call is long,

and filled with all that we have been

and all that we will become.

~ Cairistiona Worthington, Modron of the Order of Bards,

Ovates, and Druids

~~~*~~~*~~~>

, Sherry Rose <sherry@c...> wrote:

>I have something called a " Bug Stick " manufactured for this

> purpose. It is a long stick with a puff of tualle (sp?) at the

> end. The tualle can be made to retract into the base of the

> stick. You just put the tualle on the offending wasp, black widow,

> or whomever, pull the stick, walk to the door, watching the floor in

> case somebody falls out, then, outside, push the retraction out,

> shooting the intruder a couple of feet out onto the deck, garden, or

> whatever, in good shape but outdoors. However, when we lived in

> eastern Oregon, I didn't have the heart to put the offending spiders

> outdoors to instantly freeze, so I escorted them to our

> basement. You can imagine in spring -- no flies there!! But cobwebs

> everywhere<g>

January 12, 2006

Love these stories about how people are taking care of even the smallest and

frequently most hated life forms. I live where it rains a whole lot and

especially right now. Which means that we have worms out on the side walks. I

take stiff paper with me so that I can scoop them up and move them onto the

grass, even if they appear not to be moving. I just hate seeing the sidewalk

littered with them where they get smashed. We also have slugs which I do the

same thing with. I know that the neighbors eye ball me like I am a real

dangerous nut case...lol...glad to know that I have company. But I have Buddhist

prayer flags outside so maybe they get it. LOL However, I do get a little

freaky...the other night I was trying to get a spider off the ceiling to put him

outside before someone else in the family had a heart attack. The spider decided

that wasn't his cup of tea and drop spinning the web as he went...I screamed

bloody murder and I live in an apartment complex. I was a bit embarrassed. I did

get him outside though and alive with all legs intact. Maybe we could open a

home for unwanted critters? Or start a business where people call us to rescue

unwanted bugs in the house without harm?

linda

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