Unusual insect life
We have lived in Corbett now for about 10 months. (It's hard to believe it's been that long!) And I like almost everything about living here. I love the scenery, I love the fact that I pass waterfalls on my way to and from places, I love the river, I love viewing the farmland and the rolling fields, etc. I love the schools. I really cannot think of any place in the world where I'd rather live right now.
However there are a couple things that I decidedly do not like about living here. The first thing is all the bikers. For some reason that I have not figured out, there are no bike lanes anywhere, which is odd because there are ALWAYS bikers in the road. In fact, I believe the Gorge area is one of the most popular biking areas in all of Oregon. And I find it very annoying to be driving along minding my own business and have to come to a halt because of some bikers riding in the middle of the windy road with not even a shoulder for them to ride on.
The second thing that I have decided that I don't like about living here are all the bugs. Our former house in Gresham was literally only about 10 minutes away, but there have been so many types of insects here that I have never seen in my whole life! It's really odd. And I'm not a huge bug lover. Actually, I'm not a bug lover of any shape or form. I kid you not, every single day, when I go to take a shower there is at least one mosquito eater flying around in the bathroom. I hate those things. I'm not scared of them, I just hate them. Well, let's be honest. I'm a little scared of them when they fly at my face for no particular reason. For some reason, our bathroom is a huge attraction for many of the insects that invade our house. There must be some swinging night life in our bathroom. Maybe it's like a club or a bar for insects. (I'm picturing the scene from Bug's Life) I don't know. What I do know is that in addition to our unusual insect life we also get some nasty a** spiders . The only good thing that has come out of these nasty spiders is: 1. At least they're not recluse spiders (I looked it up online) I think they're just some sort of common brown spiders on steroids. And 2. The intense fear that I have for these big spiders has taken away any fear I had of smaller spiders. I guess there's always a bright side.
However there are a couple things that I decidedly do not like about living here. The first thing is all the bikers. For some reason that I have not figured out, there are no bike lanes anywhere, which is odd because there are ALWAYS bikers in the road. In fact, I believe the Gorge area is one of the most popular biking areas in all of Oregon. And I find it very annoying to be driving along minding my own business and have to come to a halt because of some bikers riding in the middle of the windy road with not even a shoulder for them to ride on.
The second thing that I have decided that I don't like about living here are all the bugs. Our former house in Gresham was literally only about 10 minutes away, but there have been so many types of insects here that I have never seen in my whole life! It's really odd. And I'm not a huge bug lover. Actually, I'm not a bug lover of any shape or form. I kid you not, every single day, when I go to take a shower there is at least one mosquito eater flying around in the bathroom. I hate those things. I'm not scared of them, I just hate them. Well, let's be honest. I'm a little scared of them when they fly at my face for no particular reason. For some reason, our bathroom is a huge attraction for many of the insects that invade our house. There must be some swinging night life in our bathroom. Maybe it's like a club or a bar for insects. (I'm picturing the scene from Bug's Life) I don't know. What I do know is that in addition to our unusual insect life we also get some nasty a** spiders . The only good thing that has come out of these nasty spiders is: 1. At least they're not recluse spiders (I looked it up online) I think they're just some sort of common brown spiders on steroids. And 2. The intense fear that I have for these big spiders has taken away any fear I had of smaller spiders. I guess there's always a bright side.
posted by Kristi @ 10:05 AM
4 Comments:
At 10:29 AM ,
lani said...
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At 10:29 AM ,
lani said...
if it makes you feel any better, the mosquito eaters that you reference are actually "crane flies" (sc. tipulidae). though the adults are vegetarian and don't prey on mosquitoes, the larvae will occasionally eat mosquito larvae.
but i highly doubt if that makes you feel better. :(
good luck.
At 12:31 PM ,
Andrea said...
Yuck! I can do rodents, (hopefully not IN my house) snakes, and all manner of animal life, but I HATE BUGS! Spiders have been known to send me up a chair. I don't know how you do it, although the country life might just be the payoff that would make it bearable!
At 10:46 AM ,
Katy said...
Whatever form, wahtever name, whatever color, whatever place their found; bugs creep me out....no matter what! Eeeeeew!
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