Insect Control Experts

Lots of little geckos run around here. They are really fast and sometimes startle me when I'm not paying attention. Today Kurt was watering a plant that is growing in a bottle outside on our patio. He lifted the empty pot holding the bottle to pour out the excess water. That pot was sitting inside another pot that had dirt in it, and out zipped a gecko. I'm not sure who was more surprised!

I'm sure these guys do help keep the insect population down. A recent insect encounter occurred Monday night when I decided to stay up late and watch the men's final of the US Open. It started at 10 p.m. here, which is my normal missionary bedtime. However, Roger Federer was playing Andy Murray, and I wasn't feeling tired and just love to watch tennis. It was over at midnight, and I went in to the kitchen to brush my teeth. We keep our toothbrushes in there because that is where the filtered water is. Anyway, there was a cockroach running around the rim of the mug that holds our toothbrushes and toothpaste. How gross is that! I am never going into the kitchen in the middle of the night again. The toothbrushes are now being kept on the table away from the kitchen cabinets. I had to take a Tylenol P.M. to get to sleep after that image (twitching antennae and all) assaulted me. I have an overactive imagination after dark. As freaky as that bug was, I would probably die if a gecko ran across the kitchen floor and up the wall. I think all bugs and critters belong outside in nature. I'm sure all my friends will agree with me on this one!