Waging war on the dreaded Drosophila melanogaster
A squadron of tiny black specs prepared for liftoff as I reached for the perfectly ripened peach in the fruit bowl this morning – thousands of kamikaze gnats in a collective protest took flight. The fruit flies have arrived. This time of year is one of fragrant harvests; cherries, pears and peaches; fruits coming to […]
Little things
Times have changed in a hundred small ways around the house. I don’t turn the dishwasher on until I’m running low on coffee mugs, wine glasses or cereal bowls. My dinner plates haven’t seen the light of day for weeks. I do the laundry when I run out of clean underwear and even then I […]
On a different note….
I cleaned the stove top yesterday morning so naturally the rice boiled over last night. It’s always the way. Last week it was the floor at the front door – all spic and span, washed and polished — the dog got excited to see his dad arrive home from work and peed all over the […]