Ants

Aug 12, 2010 – Brought to you by other things that make you cringe – adult circumcision – VMMC (Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision).  Make me wonder what non-medical circumcision is.

By the way, I found one last sponsor Group le Computer.  Their signage over their door read Group le Kleaners, offering, among other services, dry cleaning, landscaping and beautification.  I went inside and no one was there, not even the person who ran the joint.

Ants – I’ve been having a running battle with them for a week now.  I may be making some headway finally.  You who have looked at the pictures saw that the ants greatly out numbered the bites of cat food.  I’m not so worried about the cat, but the ones in the kitchen are another matter.

Did you know that ants like guacamole and don’t like salsa?  Love, love, love honey, like jelly and are fond of peanut butter, don’t do coffee.  I’m using DOOM, the bug killer.  Love the name, not so impressed with the results.  Says it will last 2 weeks – I’m not getting 2 days out of it before the ants are back where I sprayed.

Always nervous spraying a killing substance of any sort in the kitchen.  Been trying to avoid the food and even the containers, but with the wind blowing, who knows where it ends up.

Best way to get the ants off something – dunk it in water and watch them float.  Only works for items that are okay to dunk – sealed honey jars = okay, bowl of cat food = not okay.  Best solution for the cat food is to set it outside and forget about it long enough.  Long enough for the dogs to find it and eat it, ants and all.

I’m now trying dudu dust.  It’s a powdered insect killer.  Seems to be working around the cat bowl.  Always a little hesitant to use it in the kitchen and get it on my hands.  I keep wondering how much I need to ingest before I get sick.  Drawback – doesn’t work well on walls when the ant path is come from the ceiling. 

Besides not wanting to eat a lot of them (a few are expected here and is okay) they are small ones that I have trouble spotting.  With my old eyes going so I can’t see them well without reading glasses, the small size and the dimness at night, I don’t see them at first.  First I fell them crawling up my arm.  AHH, not again.  Set the item down, sending the ants scurrying in all directions all over the counter, brush them off always leaving a few sneaky one that make it to the cuff line, look at the spot the item came from to see what else is being molested by them, sighing, start gather all the items to be dunked, clear the shelf, spray the DOOM.  Wash hands, find the ants up the sleeve, sit and enjoy the food – with the glasses off.

Time to let the laptop rest and recharge.  Need to do the lunch dishes and relax before going over to SEEK for dinner.  Should get 2 of the three of rice, beans and ugali and also sukumu wiki.  Yum, but at least I’m not cooking for myself.

From the kitchen,

Paul and the ants