Ants!

Deb and Ed M wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:

Don't know about you but "I" am just about at my wits end trying to deal with, learn about all the different bugs,critters, which ones are poisonous and green, black and red mold that grows on EVERY darn thing you own down here. Not to mention my horrific experience of learning what leaves from a tree can kill your dogs. :R

I just keep saying to myself: there is no snow, there is no snow, I really can love Florida! :B

LOL!! After we bought our condo, I began to realize that we are spoiled in Michigan. Our biggest threats are fleas, mosquitoes, and ticks. Our one (rare) poisonous snake is little, shy, and not very lethal. We have coyotes, but they seem to keep a low profile. So I started a list of "things that can hurt us/dogs in FL" - and it's startlingly long, and a LOT more lethal. Eeeeks! So my dogs are ALWAYS on leash in FL, which is a small tradeoff for not shoveling snow ;-)

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Native Wisconsin here.
Kind of weird but, what I miss the most about back home is being barefoot in the spring lush grass while BBQ'ing up the first big thick steak of the summer season.

Barefoot is just not an option down here between the scorpions hiding in the leaves, fire ants, and the no see ums laying low ready to attack your feet, poor dogs that want to go for a romp in the grass and can't, etc. :(

What does snap me back to positivity is sitting out on my screened lanai during the winter months, in shorts, dogs at my feet laying in the sun ...watching all the news about all the horrific record breaking snowstorms back home.

And yes, I NOW know what a 'lanai' IS!