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A couple of weeks ago, we, as y’all know who follow my blog, took everything that would have been blown away if the hurricane would come our way as once predicted….for safe keeping in our garage. This windchime made of bamboo and coconut shell was one of them. Then, after hurricane Ike’s wrath and the evacuation notice was lifted from our area, Bud and I began taking things back outside and replacing them from where they came in the yard. Well, this particular chime was hung on the garden implements hanger [shovels, rakes, edgers...that hanger]. And it was forgotten. The garage is our ‘smoking area’ as we don’t smoke in the house. While out there several times we noticed wasps. And the dampness of the season, we just assumed they were coming in from the garage door when it’s opened and getting trapped. But, after a while it dawned on me that perhaps there was a wasp nest in there…and searching high and low, I couldn’t find one. Yet, they still [the wasps] would be seen on the garage door windows now and then. I asked Bud, “Have you seen where they are coming from? You don’t suppose that there is a nest in here and I cannot find it?” So, we started once again looking in all the ‘dark’ areas that they like when building the nests. I spied the windchime and told Bud to open the garage and take it out back. I then stopped and said “No, wait…those wasps have been here showing themselves about the time we brought stuff in from the hurricane warnings.” “Maybe it’s up in the coconut part.” Bud said, “No, they were in here before we brought stuff in.” As he said that he reached up and lifted the shell part toward him to have a look see…..And there she be!!! As big as the coconut!!! And they started swirling and buzzing out—–Bud rushed outside with it, and I was smashing them that flew to the garage floor with my trusty fly swatter. LOL….I took some flying insect spray from aloft and followed him outdoors, and sprayed the inside making it nice and foamy—-He carried it back to the back yard and hung it from our tree…I said to him: “This is gonna be my show n tell for Friday”. He laughed and said “Just like the good ol’ school days, huh?” I said “Yep” —-
