Neighbors and Ants

We are gradually meeting the neighbors, who seem delightful, and the ants, which are not. Apparently, there has been too much rain here this year, and the ants have taken this opportunity to multiply by the millions. Now, these are the small black ones, but the fire ants are a problem here too. We learned when here before to watch where you stand because the fire ants will attack, and their bits are very painful, thus the name. Well, yesterday we noticed a small herd of ants visiting our pantry area, and the fight was on. The pantry is now empty, and everything is bagged or thrown out. Three or four garbage bags later, there is less food in the pantry supply. Many of you know that HW2 keeps a full pantry, so that we are able to throw a party for twenty at a moment's notice, or well, maybe ten in the motor home. We could actually seat ten though it would help if all were friendly. So today I will request that the management spray under the motor home, and my neighbor to the north says that will last for about ten days. So, the fight is on.

Geral is our neighbor to the north and warned me about the ants. Carl is a neighbor to the southeast and tried to get me to play poker, but I am not a poker player and hate to gamble since I always lose. Anne and Ken are neighbors directly south and stopped to introduce themselves, saying this is a great place to winter, as there is always something going on. Having wintered here in the past, we thought that might be the case. They all complain about the ants and crickets. We have not had a cricket yet. I'll keep you posted.