Cricket Invasion Continues

OK, I thought we were done with the crickets, and I'm still hopeful that there won't be anymore. BUT, I found 2 more dead crickets in the dining room. This time I am suspicious that their worst enemy helped to deplete them of life.

And who is a cricket's worst enemy, you may ask? Well, we share the same worst enemy -- the spider. So, now I'm concerned that I have some well-fed spider living in my dining room finishing off the half-dead crickets who are dying due to the insect spray. Hmmm...maybe that will eventually kill the spider, too. THAT could work to my advantage.

Seeing Bears and Butterflies

I had a fabulous time with Janet. I really did...even thought it has taken me weeks to finally blog about it. We went to the Indy Zoo and spent a rather hot day there, but it was awesome. A lot of the animals (despite the heat) seemed to be coming up really close to the fences. I got some incredible shots of the Kodiak bears, and normally these bears are sleeping in their caves, etc. During our visit, the bears were hanging out at the fence probably imagining how well we would taste for lunch. YIKES!

After the zoo, we walked through the butterfly conservatory. One of the beautiful blue/purple butterflies landed on my purple shirt and wouldn't leave me alone. It was rather funny. Janet took photos of course, and these 2 young girls kept coming over and checking the butterfly out. They told me I was going to wind up on the news and be famous because of my new butterfly friend. That just made me laugh! Kids just make me smile! I love how they think...

Janet is Coming! Janet is Coming!!

My niece Janet (17) is coming to spend a few days with her old Aunt Mel this week. It should be a lot of fun! She is bringing her friend Deja with her for a couple of days. I'm eager to meet Deja since I've only heard about her since Janet was in grade school, but we've never met. We're planning to go to the Edinburgh Outlets one day and the Indianapolis Zoo another day.

I'm sure that Janet will want to watch a bunch of movies, too. I'm the corrupting influence there, I guess, since I love movies! WOOHOO!! It should be a fun few days.

Updated Score: 29 to 3

I think this is the current score. Truth is I feel like I've lost track. I went for nearly 5 days without a sighting, and then BAM! there were 3 more half-dead crickets walking around in my dining room last night. UGH! Just not what I wanted to see after a long day at work...oh well! It could be worse.