Lord of the Flies

 I find myself quite fortunate in that I have this great patio attached to my apartment. The patio is great just to have the door opened and the screen door in place giving good ventilation and good view to the outside world. Have a much wider view than I used to now that they the city of Taylorsville, remove the berm that was there and replace the whole little skateboard park that used to be on the other side. They put in a giant new skateboard facility and the kids are over there all the time. It's a bit noisy sometimes but not bad I enjoy watching the youth enjoying themselves. Many times I go out and enjoy my patio. It's actually quite large I have no problems getting my power chair out there and deploying the chair to the point where I can actually lay down and enjoy the Cool Breeze if there is one. Lately during the day there has been no cool breezes but in the evening it's it's nice especially go out and lay there in the dark. I also read out there from time to time in the afternoon. The Patio is well shaded. As I go back and forth to the patio I have to leave the door open and again consequentially flies coming to my load. I don't do a lot of effort to try to keep them out except for I do have limits. Perhaps if I didn't leave food out that would cut down on the amount of insects that attacked my living space or at least enter my living space. As I said many times when I feel that the fly population is becoming too great I will close the screen door. After a couple of hours, or sometimes when I get up in the morning there'll be a number of those little buggers clinging to the sliding screen door. Many times I could have taken my trusty fly swatter and smashed them all over the screens especially during the morning when I first get up. The flies have slowed their metabolisms down during the cool evening and they're a bit groggy. I could really make a killing. But as it is what I try to do is open the screen door and try to shoot the flies out. I think there are some that are brighter than others. They take the hint and they're gone but the others either try to fly away or try to run to the part of the screen door that slides the top the other. If they can make it there they can be spared from the Slaughter. Sometimes I can push the screen door back to the shut position the little guys will be in there thinking they're safe only then they will meet their Doom if I'm lucky and they are not. Really the only reason I do this especially in the evenings is that nothing I hate more than a pesky insect flying around my face and ears while I try to get some sleep. I usually keep my screen door shut but every once in a while like I said I go out and sit without pulling the screen door shut behind me. I have included a image of the screen door leading to my patio. You probably cannot see the insect on the screen door unless you try to enlarge the image as much as possible. It'll appear as a black Speck I think above but looks like trees or something.