LJIdol Prompt: Soup's On!

[furzicle]

Previous to three years ago, there basically weren’t mosquitoes in Southern California. On hot summer days, we’d enjoy the pleasant coolness of the evening by eating dinner outside. If it got a little chilly (which it did often enough, this is arid California after all,) my husband would whine a bit about the cold and I would admonish him, “Just

Comments

[mollywheezy]

Great take on the prompt! I hate mosquitoes. I am always their buffet. I will be the only person to get bitten, even if I'm not outside at all. UGH! And my husband is unfortunately allergic to Skin So Soft which does work really well.

[beautyofgrey]

Oof, that sounds a bit miserable, but at least you have a good sense of humor about it, and now, a zapper!! Years ago when Hurricane Florence came through it brought these massive mosquitos, presumably from the Caribbean islands, who survived the storm and in the weeks that followed while everything was flooded, they reproduced happily! The town went on massive spraying fest to try to counteract them, but I remember them well because they dwarfed regular mosquitos and were a frightening thing to behold.

[dadi]

I am just fighting with a cloud of these monsters while reading! Argh!