- You can have the best looking sunflower field in the world and it doesn't guarantee birds. All it guarantees is that you will show up every week hoping for birds.
- The best spot in a field often faces directly into the sun.
- A dead bird that falls into a tree will end up on the ground somewhere underneath that tree. Unless the tree is a red cedar, in which case you'd better start looking for a long stick.
- Fire ants inhabit hay bales. Don't ask, just file it away.
Maybe you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but he can still learn some things the hard way.
I am forever grateful that fire ants haven't made a home here yet.. Once upon a time I lived in Texas and did iron work for my brother in law. I was moving some sheet metal with another guy and stuck my gloved hands in the dirt underneath one end while waiting for slacker kid (who worked 2 days) to grab the other. As soon as we started moving it I dropped my end and ruined the bunch, found about 15 fire ants in my glove, and couldn't put it on for a week with all the swelling. Those buggers are evil.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they can swim too. We were walking through a flooded section of field years ago and one of the guys actually said, "At least we don't have to worry about fire ants."
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