“Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana”
If someone knocked on my door and handed me a plane ticket, I’d take it in a heartbeat even with the destination unknown at the offering. In the last year I have traveled to New Hampshire, but that wasn’t a trip. It was a visit. The bug is getting itchier. I am in my saving mode so I can get somewhere. Ghana in a year is a possibility. I’d like to go back one more time though maybe I’ll wait for two years and treat myself to a 70th birthday trip. I’d add on a stop or two probably going rather than coming. I’ve always wanted to go to Timbuktu. It was the most exotic name I’d ever heard when I was a kid. I didn’t even know it was in Africa. I’d add on a safari but that’s drifting into dreamland. I’d have to live an austere life to save enough money which would be difficult as I like creature comforts, good food and a night out now and then. I guess I’ll have to give my destinations a bit more thought and work on keeping that travel bug under control. I do have a back scratcher.
I like today. It is less humid and the sun isn’t overwhelmingly hot. A few clouds cover parts of the sky. They are white grey, nice day clouds not rain clouds. A small breeze appears and disappears.
One of the plagues of Egypt returned. I had left a trash bag beside the car in the morning a day or so ago anticipating going to the dump. When I didn’t go, I put the trash in the trunk so nocturnal creatures wouldn’t open the bag and strew the trash about. The next morning I opened the trunk to add trash and a swarm of flies flew out of the trunk right by me. I’m not talking a few flies. I’m really meaning a swarm. Yesterday when I got in the car, more were buzzing around. I opened all the windows then went back into the house hoping the flies would be gone when I returned. When I got back to the car, there were a few lingerers. I kept the windows opened and some flew out but a couple needed my help. Now for the gross part of the story: I found dead flies on the back seat of the car, lots of dead flies. I hate flies.
Saturday night was entertainment night at my school in Ghana, and I remember one particular Saturday night. It was movie night and a USAID rep had left a cartoon for my students to view. It was about keeping bugs away from food and people. One sketch showed a fly stopping at an outhouse pile and then flying away with a bit of the pile on its legs. The fly’s next stop was food on the table, and it flew away with clean legs. The message was to cover your food to protect you from diseases. My students didn’t get the message. They were too enthralled with the first cartoon they’d ever seen. They thought the movie was a wonder and they clapped. They liked the flying, buzzing fly best of all.
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July 13, 2015 at 11:41 am
It is rather warm here today but with high humidit so it isn’t especially nice outside to be honest. It feels like we should get thunder but the flies aren’t behaving crazy enough for that. We were supposed to get lots of rain too but so far it has obnly drizzeled here, I could see heavy showers up on the mountain earlier today though.
Now You know how it is here when it is as worst with the flies 🙂 Loads of them flying around the head and lots that wants to see what my nose and ears look like inside, I truly hate them so bad days I do wear my mosquito hat.
If anyone gave a ticket just like that I would demand that I could go to a place with very few flies, most likely a big city (even though I don’t like big cities except for Paris and Lisbon), it seems most flies prefer the country side 🙂 But I would have no demands besides that 🙂
Perhaps just as well that they didn’t get the message since they now days have found out that we actually need those bacteria to stay healthy 🙂 The immune system need things to keep it busy otherwise it starts to attack the body and give us things like rheumatism or allergies 🙂
Have a great day!
Christer.
July 13, 2015 at 6:43 pm
Christer,
It is still a bit humid now but it is much cooler than earlier in the day. I have turned off the central AC, but I think I’ll need the one in my bedroom tonight.
WE also have fly season, but I stay away from the fly area. I remember once trying to walk the dog there and having fly dive-bomb her and me. I used to leash to shoo them off her, but they still attacked me.
In my dreaming, the ticket is already to somewhere. You don’t get a choice. No demands!
No, Africa has flies everywhere. I hated it when I’d see them on little kids.
July 13, 2015 at 5:57 pm
I would never leave anything organic in the car. Insects and other vermin can get in through all of the drain holes and other openings. Now you’re u have to vacuum up fly carcasses. 😦
I would love to return to China. We have a training center in Shanghai that I am trying to get an invite. I’m not crazy about the long flight, but I really enjoyed my last trip to Asia.
Today was another beautiful day here in São Paulo. Sunny skies and temperatures in the low 80s.
July 13, 2015 at 6:47 pm
Bob,
They are already cleaned. I just used two pieces of cardboard, one to push and the other to scoop. This is the first time flies ever happened in the car. It was because I had left the bag out most of the day.
I’d go anywhere but back to Europe. There aren’t a whole lot of countries left I’d want to see. Asia would be fine with me.
That sounds like here right now~!