July 24, 2009

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  I wasted an inordinate amount of time trying to think of a title.  If I don’t write this soon, it won’t get done.  I’m sick with something that involves fever and body aches — in other words, my immune system is in high gear, but I have no way of knowing whether I’ve caught an infection or am having an autoimmune flareup.  Anyhow, I’m droopy and dopey today.  Happy and sleepy, too.  You can keep the rest of the dwarves.

  Three days ago, I noticed a few aphids at the tips of some of the fireweed plants in my yard.  Yesterday, as I drove out to the highway for a trip up to the Sunshine clinic, I saw the telltale black tops on a lot more fireweed at the roadside.  We stopped at the bake shop on the way home, and Lois told me that a lot of people in the area have said they’re seeing the aphis infestation.  It’s ugly, and it is also unusual to see black aphids.  They are bigger and much showier than our usual little green nasties.

  
  
  
  
  

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