This story began, I guess, on May 23rd, (as that comic shows) when I discovered my houseguests. Over the course of several weeks I saw activity around the nest and the story continued on Father’s Day, June 20th, when I saw mom and dad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When my dad first passed away back in 2011 the first few Father’s Days were difficult. While I was drawing this it dawned on me because I’ve been drawing these comics for over 11 years many readers may have never[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t need to weed and seal all the stones on that small patio THAT bad. I can wait until the eggs are laid, hatched and the kids learn to fly before I dive into this project. I’m sure I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That nest is being build under the eave of my neighbors porch roof. My kitchen has these nice large french doors, with Pella windows, that open onto my stone paved courtyard and brings in a lot of light. Fortunately the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As much as I’m glad that I got rid of these annoying hornets, after seeing the intricate and amazing work those pests did creating that nest, I felt bad that I had to wipe them out. If they would just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve bought and lived in two other houses before this one. At both previous homes, one in Kansas City, MO and the other in Audubon, PA I was fortunate to have really good neighbors. We weren’t extremely close, but they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I ‘ve been living 24/7 at the house for about a week now and have been putting this off until tonight. I really drenched the nest with the spray but because the nest was so well hidden within the branches[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There were a ton of warnings on this new insecticide spray I bought today, so if this doesn’t do the trick…
Here’s the nest on my privacy hedge. Gotta give the hornets credit here, they did a great job wedging it in within the branches making it nearly impossible to get to. This wasn’t my first run-in with a hornet, in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This….this came out of no where. Just when things were really looking up, I get stung in the ear.