Ah... Rainy Season

Well things have been
Pretty busy
Here in “Little Village”
As we jokingly call it!

Rainy season is in full swing
And we are all
Loving it!

Most of the time :)
Occasionally
When we are dodging
Rain puddles
That just so happen
To be in our huts
We aren’t quite
So thankful for the rain :)

Fortunately
As long as the rain
Isn’t to heavy
The roofs seem
To be holding up

When the storms blow up
They blow up fast!
Once you see
The clouds rolling in
You have about
15 to 20 minutes
To get your act together
And organize
Before those big rains hit!

And with the rain
Comes the lightning
And the thunder!
I LOVE it :)

Then...
There is another thing
That comes in the rainy season

Let me introduce you to

Cordylobia anthropophaga

A big name
For a big bug!
We just call them
Mango flies

They sound innocent
Don’t they
After all
Mangoes are yummy
And flies
Well they are pesky
But what is there to fear
???

Maybe I should reiterate...
The mango larvae
That is what there is to fear
Holy
Moley!

These things
Are beyond gross...
And this
Is why

Yeah I know

Right

Disgusting...

Oh wait!

It gets grosser

Mango flies

They are also known

By their other name

"FLESH EATER"

Yep

That's right

The momma flies

Lay their eggs

In a variety of places

All of them

That are conducive

To their eggs

Being able to find

Something to "burrow" into

When they hatch

So they lay their eggs in

Sand

or

Laundry

YIKES!

So once the larvae

Attach to a host

They dig in

Under the skin

And grow

And grow

And grow!!!

Praise the Lord

None of us have gotten any

The dogs however

Have not been so lucky

I have been

Removing these things

You have to

Find the wound

And squeeze

On their side

Till it pops out

YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am pretty sure

I am scared for life from this experience

:)

I am NOT exaggerating

They leave small craters

You can see the sores

From feet away

They get huge!

Poor things :(

So believe you me

I am praying like CRAZY

That we are all spared...

Yuck!

As long

As we don't leave

The laundry out overnight 

(which NONE of us are doing)

We shouldn't have any problems

But seriously

One has to ask

Why?

As a closer :)

I thought it was cute

So I will share

Yesterday

During a huge rainstorm

Enoch who is three

Needed to move

To a drier room

:)

Summer told him

To get his shoes on

There was a pause

She looked up

And realized

His shoes

Weren't outside the door

She asked him

Enoch...

Where are your shoes

Another pause

Then the answer

"Them floated away"

It was true!!!

There had been so much rainy at once

They floated down the courtyard

Into the yard

:)

Only in Africa!

Love it