Last week, on one of our first hot nights here, I decided to open the window in the bedroom for some ventilation. We have a screen in it, but it is a temporary screen that doesn't fit the window completely (there's about a 1 by 4 inch gap between the top of the screen and the window frame). As I approached the window I heard this sound like the wind had picked up and was rustling through the leaves, and completely forgot that it was the height of mayfly season until I had the window open. Like some biblical plague, I was overtaken by a huge swarm of insects flying toward the light of our house. Within the 30 seconds before I closed the window there were literally hundreds in the room. Luckily Patrick (with the help of Audrey) stepped in to clear the room so we could sleep. |