High ANT-xiety

January 29, 2008

It’s a cold and dreary day here. We’ve had a few sprinkles, but not really enough to even measure in the rain gauge. It’s just misty out there.

I don’t know if the weather had anything to do with this, but when I came back to the house from doing morning chores, I noticed a flower pot in the rosebed had what looked like a lot of dirt all over the edges.

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When I got closer, I realized it was NOT dirt. After all, dirt doesn’t usually move on its’ own.

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 No, indeed this “dirt” was actually a moving mass of ANTS! The pot and the plants in it were positively polluted with ants.

picture of ants on plant

  
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I’ve never seen them on a pot out in the open in such masses. There were creepy crawling piles of ants all over!
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I kept a safe distance while taking pictures. Over the past few years I’ve developed a sensitivity, if not a downright allergy, to ant bites. Makes me feel kind of sorry for the poor gnome…

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He’s being tortured by ants crawling all over his stumpy body.

Just looking at all those ants was enough to give me the creeps.
High ANT-xiety indeed!

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