What makes you nervous?

With the changing seasons comes the arrival of numerous creepy crawly, slithering, and fluttering critters that I honestly could do without.

What would otherwise be a nice walk through the wooded sections of my property becomes a nerve-racking experience as my eyes are nearly constantly glued to the forest floor in search of copperhead snakes.

When I head to the attic to retrieve more suitable seasonal attire, I am often greeted by the screeching of the bats whose ire I earn year after year.

The garage, pump house, and shed with gobs of warm pink insulation provide excellent nesting materials for mice and rats. I have it on good authority that they also feel it is a good place to use the bathroom…

The basement seems to attract no end of centipedes, millipedes, and pill bugs.

And lastly, a new arrival not seen before are the earwigs, which have decided to spend their meager lifespans in the small, moist crevices of our mailbox during the day.

Worse yet, they seem obsessed with squeezing themselves into envelopes and magazines and then promptly dying, leaving me a surprise to find.

I don’t care for the colder months or snow, but I do miss not having to worry about where I step or what I pick up.

Nervous? YES.

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Thanks for taking a moment out of your day to indulge this fellow.

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