little fly

I was sitting outside on the patio drinking my coffee this morning and a little fly decided to pester me. It made me think about how annoying bugs are in general - especially when they get into the house.... and that made me think about when I was a kid what my brother used to do when they did get into the house...

My brother used to paint airplane models when he was a little kid - you know those fighter planes and stuff? Well one day whilst he was painting a camouflage pattern on some plane or another - a little fly came to visit him. It was a stalker fly - that just zip saround you and bang into and won't go away. So - he reached up in Mr. Miyagi style and caught the little bugger. Then he held onto his little legs and painted a camouflage pattern onto his little wings. A tiny little army of his own had begun. Soon - walking all around our house were tiny little flies whose wings were adorned with various things - little Japanese fighter planes, little Nazi's - you name it - we had it. It was kind of hard to explain to people who didn't know us (well - or even those who did) why these little guys were painted - so we just acted like we couldn't see them. (Gross hey?) They could no longer fly - since the paint was too heavy - so the cat usually caught and ate them... but every so often I swear to god I see a little fly with painted wings walking around out there. There was also a toad in my grandmother's garden who seemed to be wearing something that resembled a diaper (?) the other day...