One thing I don't like about summer time is having to leave the windows slightly open to let a bit of fresh air in.
Someone left our bedroom window open last night. It was like one of my annual roughing it camping trips to a Prog Rock festival in Blighty.
We had 20 minutes of pure rooks prog dawn chorus. What a racket!
Mean while back on the ranch. Or even in the front room. Blue bottles have been playing at Battle of Britain dog fights landing on our heads and limbs.
J came back with fly 🪰 papers. They even came with individual drawing pins or thumb tacks like they say across The Pond.
I attempted to press it in a door frame and had to resort to using a Manchester screw driver (claw hammer) and knocked the head off the drawing pin and had to find a nail instead to hang the fly paper on.
A few swear words later:
Waiting for a fly to land.
Fly paper with it's individual drawing pin.
After all we are trying to be ecological and protect the Ozone Layer like Eco Warrior Dave Angel:
What a character and another Dave.
Here's me holding a antique glass Spanish fly catcher. You put some glass in it and hopefully it entices the fly 🪰 (flies) to climb up the hole and it has its last 🍸 drink and drowns like my slug pubs on the veg plot.
I have NEVER known a single fly to use our free insect bar.
How do you keep the flickers away from you?
I have heard of filling clear polythene bags filled water and hanging them from the ceiling. Apparently old Mc fly looks at the water and sees a massive fly in its reflection and scarpers off.
We could with one of those big fluorescent blue lights you use to see in chippies and butchers in dear old Blighty.
We like to leave our top opening windows open day and night, the huge flies from next door are horrible, so I made a net frame to fit inside the window, it stops everything, I have them on 3 different windows, we have lightweight metal chains hanging across our back door and in the dining room we have a blue light fly zapper. Sorry JayCee they do work, we still get flies but in low numbers, which make us both happy.
Good idea Tasker. There's no flies on you! Did you see River Cottage when the white witch told Hugh to write a letter to his house mice and ask them to leave? No we didn't win it. We are hoping to win the 7 million Irish jackpot tonight. I still dream of owning a thatched cottage in Dorset and a villa in the Algarve.
I have a fluorescent blue light thingy....only a small one. The flies appear when it's turned off.....I think I'll return to flypapers! Not seen very many flies....or any other insects..so far
Yes been there got the T shirt GZ. We even bought plastic fly swatters. We are not very successful with them. Rather like a relegated goalkeeper or striker. Our livestock provide us with big piles of fym and lots of flying insects.
Like you, I prefer not to have our bedroom window open at night because of disturbing bird noise in the morning. But The Duchess always seems to get her way as the window is on her side of the bed. Here in the suburbs of Sheffield, flying insects are never a bother really.
I sleep near the window YP. Unfortunately the powers that be insist on the prog rock dawn chorus. Very much Yes, ELP, Gentle Giant , Genesis and a bit of Rush: Farewell To King's.
Urgh yes... those big blue lights that hissed and crackled whenever a fly flew into it and got incinerated!
ReplyDeleteThose were the days JayCee and you could read the newspaper that wrapped your chips. Barrs Strike Cola was the best Cola ever.
ReplyDeleteWe like to leave our top opening windows open day and night, the huge flies from next door are horrible, so I made a net frame to fit inside the window, it stops everything, I have them on 3 different windows, we have lightweight metal chains hanging across our back door and in the dining room we have a blue light fly zapper. Sorry JayCee they do work, we still get flies but in low numbers, which make us both happy.
ReplyDeleteGreat tips Marlene. Now if I could find a way to stop that Rooks Dawn chorus?🤔
DeleteOur dawn chorus is much nicer, we have blackbirds and loads of little brown jobs, as Bill Oddie always called them.
DeleteWe had the cuckoo for a couple of weeks in May. He must of found a mate. We haven't heard it since.
DeleteWhy not just put a notice up?
ReplyDeleteBTW are you the Euromillions winner? Ticket bought in Ireland.
Good idea Tasker. There's no flies on you! Did you see River Cottage when the white witch told Hugh to write a letter to his house mice and ask them to leave? No we didn't win it. We are hoping to win the 7 million Irish jackpot tonight. I still dream of owning a thatched cottage in Dorset and a villa in the Algarve.
ReplyDeleteI have a fluorescent blue light thingy....only a small one. The flies appear when it's turned off.....I think I'll return to flypapers!
ReplyDeleteNot seen very many flies....or any other insects..so far
Yes been there got the T shirt GZ. We even bought plastic fly swatters. We are not very successful with them. Rather like a relegated goalkeeper or striker. Our livestock provide us with big piles of fym and lots of flying insects.
ReplyDeleteWe don't get many flies here, thankfully. They're a damn nuisance when they do get in the house though.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree Jules. Sometimes we get rats but not in the house, thankfully.
DeleteFantail (piwakawaka) - flitty little birds that come indoors and snaffle up all the flying insects (and a few spiders)
ReplyDeleteFlipping heck TM. I wouldn't like them.
DeleteLike you, I prefer not to have our bedroom window open at night because of disturbing bird noise in the morning. But The Duchess always seems to get her way as the window is on her side of the bed. Here in the suburbs of Sheffield, flying insects are never a bother really.
ReplyDeleteI sleep near the window YP. Unfortunately the powers that be insist on the prog rock dawn chorus. Very much Yes, ELP, Gentle Giant , Genesis and a bit of Rush: Farewell To King's.
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