YIKES!! Palmetto bugs .. be still my heart ..
When my parents were alive and 'snow birds' in Boca Raton/Deerfield Beach FL .. I would take my son and sometimes the DH down for a visit ..
One day my Mom and I entered their condo, and my son (then 7) yelled 'STOP' !!! Say what ??
There on the white floor was a HUGE Palmetto bug ..
Now .. he's intent on catching it, my Mom is near fainting, and, I am wishing I was in the middle of a blizzard with NO bugs .. here comes my Dad .. KERSPLAT he kills it ... gag me .. but .. ONE KERSPLAT was not enough .. this bugger was ready to rock n roll .. DS got a bowl from the cupboard and put it over the stunned bug .. the bowl MOVED ..
My Mom by this time is out of the condo, and, I am not far behind .. happy to leave the thing in the hands of my Dad and DS ..
Heard lots of banging (no guns) .. and, an announcement that the BUG was GONE ..
The whole deal was rather unsettling, and, I found myself avoiding walking under Palm trees !!
~M~
