Encountering Nature, Part 7: Armed

Chris was stung by a lone flier. Then, a few weeks later, Joel discovered a bunch of its buggy friends who had been making their home on the edge of our back porch, near the children's play equipment.

They surely were not malicious or evil, but they still presented a threat.

Asking them nicely to go away simply did not work, but this did:

This stuff is amazing. One second of spray,

immediate effect, threat neutralized.

It's tempting to wish all of life's battles were so easy.