Pretty smick eh?
Today is my birthday but instead of out having drinks or a BBQ I am at home taking care of L. Poor guy has a bad throat infection. It has stopped him from smoking this week, although this was probably the main reason for why a simple cold blossomed into him looking like a puffer fish. But I'm not angry with him, how could I be when he managed to croak Happy Birthday to me even though he was in pain!
I guess I should explain my title of this post... well it pretty much explains itself... you see thousands, and quite possibly millions of grasshoppers have taken over the town. The grass has been scalped and plants have been ring barked. You try walking across the lawn and its like an attack of minature Kamakazi plane...with LEGS! I can't hang any washing on the line because they poop all over it! Short of getting a cropduster to do a couple of laps over the town, there is no way to get rid of them... well of course they will move on once every scrap & morsel of greenery is eaten, but it is really disheartening to wait and watch my garden get eaten.
This is a grasshopper
And here is another one
Here are a few more eating one of my plants
Just a few more eating my lawn
On the pool fence
