Gnats enougha gnat… I crack myself up. No wonder I’m always giggling in my head.
The gnats have actually been around for a couple of weeks now. Living a couple of blocks from the Fox River, small clouds of them have been floating around the yard and they love plastering the sides of the house that sit in the sun.
The cats have been having a field day with them, chasing them from window to window and fighting for the occasional one that makes it into the house.
Ran into a few clouds of them while out creek hopping over the weekend. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Took a walk along the river the other evening, waiting out the sunset. The gnats were no big deal, till I started walking across the footbridge over the river. The dense cloud of them extended all the way across the bridge, nearly 100 yards. By the time I got to the other side, they were crawling all over me. In my eyes, nostrils and mouth. Down my shirt and in my coat. I can only imagine how many wound up lodged in my lungs.
Of course I had to do this four times in order to truly savor the experience.
Tried to capture the gnat clouds, but the real clouds were low and gray and there wasn’t enough contrast between the two for a decent exposure.
It’s been 24 hours since I was out there. Looking at the pictures, sitting here thinking about it, my hands instinctively start rubbing my arms, legs and scratching my head.
I swear I can still feel them.
Jim McClellan
31 Mar 2015Oh, I hate gnats. I’ve reached detente with the mosquitoes, owing mostly to my Thermacell. But I’ve bathed in every chemical mankind has ever directed toward insects and nothing works on gnats.
Ken G
31 Mar 2015I had the usual cheap cigar going Jim and even that didn’t deter them. I’m beginning to think smells of any kind actually attract them.
Howard Levett
2 Apr 2015Thanks Ken, now you’ve got me itching as well.
Ken G
3 Apr 2015Creepy how that works, isn’t it Howard?