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BUG Craze

The bugs have been just awful now for a couple weeks. I am hopeful that it will get better, but it has not. The buffalo gnats have returned. They arent near as heavily populated as they were last May when they came out like the plague and killed chickens. They are however out and in your face and they bite leaving welts like mosquitoes. I am not sure which is worse and what is biting more. They are both bad and I get welts that swell and itch for several days. One bite last 3/4 days and itch so bad! I think I am more allergic to them than my family. Very little seems to help, all the bug spray in the world isn't enough. I wear my hair down around my ears and face, but they still manage to get me. They bite around my neck, face, ears, and scalp. IT has been sunny and nice out. I would like to be outside more, but after just doing chores I come inside with new bites. UGh!
I feel bad for Jayden, she has been helping with trail rides at Hidden Acres with the bugs. She said th horses are miserable stomping and swatting. Some hold their heads down to the ground and are constantly blowing out their nose from all the bugs. She comes home with lots of bites, but troopers through.

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