Flies in the middle of winter?!?!?!?!

Yep. We have been inundated with swarms of the nasty little creatures every day the sun shines!

After much head scratching, the fly swatter coming out, hundreds of fly carcases being vacuumed up, a box and fly strips, and a little research; we finally decided that they were laying eggs on the windows. When the sun was shining, it was warming the glass up enough for them to hatch out.

This weekend I cleaned all of the windows. We will see if that solves the problem. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

I thought you might enjoy a visual - my 9 year old nephew said that they were "actually kind of decorative".

Peace

The past year has in the Ozarks has been filled with wild and devastating weather. Less than a year ago we had an incredible ice storm that shut the area down and left homes and businesses without power for two weeks. Over the summer we experienced several heavy rains and flash floods around Joplin and one in Webster county that I personally will never forget. Last night wave after wave of tornadoes and severe storms with hail and heavy rain - and, yes, flooding - swept through this neck of the woods. What next? I'm ready for some boring, quiet weather. Unfortunately, I think I like in the wrong part of the country for that. The saying goes that 'if you don't like the weather around here, stick around, it'll change'.