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| Door off the sun porch, 4 season room has been bugged |
Now others who have become aware that I will buy most anything tasteful, because we are rather diva-ish in our ages, with lady bugs on it are helping me, looking out for all things ladybug decorated. A long time dear friend from CA recently sent me unannounced two pair of great ladybug socks, one pair to share with my other buggy pal because Sandy knows I like to share. That generated a comical episode as I dashed off an email thanking Carlie for the socks. My gratitude set her to head scratching because she had not sent me any socks since winter when the 3 "monkey" matched style buggy knee hi's arrived, perplexed, she emailed right back, "I must be losing it...." My quick look at the package receipt showed it had been purchased by Sandy in CA and so the fun began. Confusion and laughter. Jerry pitched in to say, "..don"t admit anything, just let her wonder until we get to PA in September." But I'd already fessed up. After I called Sandy she explained she'd sent two pair, one for my friend which was interesting because that is what I thought I would do when I saw two duplicate pair, but at first I wondered why Carlie sent me two pair.
For a short respite I had given up, I could find no more lady bug things at least nothing I thought tasteful enough to add to our mutual collections. So I painted a couple stones to send her. I have not painted stones for many years, something I did back in CA when a group of friends mutually declared we would only give home made gifts. Wanting to indulge in something different, I painted sayings and roses on stones.
Now our lady bugs, are showing up in the most unexpected places. I mailed a herd of bug items off forgetting I had something else on order which arrived the day I mailed the first group. Our lady bug phenomena has gone to another level, analogous to what happens when you buy a certain color or model vehicle and then see it on the road. Did you ever notice how that happens, suddenly that car is all over the place. Where before ladybugs were hard to find amid decorative items, they are now showing up.
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| This is one of our favorite brands of ice cream. And the Lady Bug flavor was irresistible Caramel and chocolate swirls, two delicious additions to vanilla |
Leave it to you to be in a contest and to not want to give up,...same old competitive Pat that we know and love. Hope your pal knows what she bit off...When you guys heading west? Miss ya tons. Ros
ReplyDeleteLady bugs are 'tolerable' but in the final analyses they are still bugs . . . or beetles, or something I'd rather not find in my plate.
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Interesting post, Pat, but can't say that I go buggy over any special bugs except to find praying mantis and cicadas rather interesting, but don't plan to collect any of them and not sure any merchandiser has offered anything, unlike the ladybug which seems cuter even in doodles and cartoons. That ice cream sure did sound delicious with most of my favorite items included.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing when we bought this home and were here one October, I thought it "cute" a sign of good luck that there were ladybugs in the basement in corners, here and there. I learned those are not LB, they are the tiresome box elders that try to move inside in the fall. We have since sprayed away each fall and do not welcome them. They were too orange to be an LB, but I thought maybe their colors faded in MN. Now annually at the first sign of them, we call the exterminator...
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