stuff nightmares are made of…
What if you wandered into your backyard and found this? Denis and I were out in the yard on Sunday, checking out our jungle-gym playset to see whether we could fix it up for Lizzy to play on next summer. And what did we find? A hornet condo. I swear, they probably have a swimming pool, hot tub and space heater in this thing. Supposedly, they abandon their nests every year, but I don’t think they’ll ever abandon this one – I’m not even sure they could’ve built this just this summer – it’s huge. I’m not apiphobic like Tina, but I have never had such an urge to run in my life! Fortunately, we have an exterminator coming to take care of it. In the meantime, I don’t even want to go outside… Of course, hornet nests are apparently collectors’ items – we found one website discussing how to preserve these things. Why?!?
