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If the bug bomb thing doesn’t work out one these has never failed to eliminate the problem for me:

https://www.orkin.com/pests/spiders/bug-bombs-for-spiders

There is county park close by that is mostly wooded and has several walking trails. When my dog was alive we walked the trails almost every day. It wasn’t unusual to pass young women walking alone with their face focused on a phone screen and wearing earbuds. They seemed totally unaware of...

One of the 470 M1A select-fire rifles that Springfield produced before 1986.

The way things are going the house of the future will feature a defense turret for advanced home security in order to withstand extreme environmental or security threats by incorporating military-grade defensive hardware directly into luxury residential architecture. I think the LIVET Remote...

I was a middle school teacher and our first class of the day had started when another teacher stuck her head in the door and said something was happening in New York and to turn on our TV. For several minutes we watched smoke pour from the top of the first building that had been struck. After...

Same in Virginia.

With the arrival of cooler days and nights I made this pot of chili yesterday. I know members in the southwest states don’t like beans in their chili, but that’s the way I learned to make it and I’m the only one who eats it because I load my chili up with these:

I’ve got this one. You think it’s still good? It came with this shovel and hat. You think it’s old?

I wouldn’t bet against the Python! It packs a lot more venom.

The eastern box turtles, while not officially classified as endangered, are in steady decline in Virginia. Habitat loss and vehicle mortality are the main cause as urban areas spread. However, folks that illegally collect wild turtles for the domestic and international pet trade are also to...

Is it a mud turtle or a snapper? Last summer I stopped and moved a large snapping turtle out of a busy neighborhood road. It was not at all apprehensive of my efforts to say the least. I rarely find a box turtle around the house any more.

Another backyard wildlife visitor:

Good shooting to me. If a bad guy had been wearing that target well where he be now? 😎

Well if she’d stopped after a six pack she might have had a shot!

It’s a Black Widow spider. This one was in the garage.

Better than having these around:

This 40 year old woman started drinking White Claws daily back in her 20s. Fewer calories must be the ticket!

How is this for camouflage? Meet Mr. Praying mantis up close: Who says aliens from outer space aren’t here among us? I mean it is gray and has that funny shaped head. Next are 2 happy critters munching away on milk weed leaves. These are Monarch butterfly caterpillars that will soon form a...