The Thomas Kinkade Christmas tree is now nestled snuggly in front of the French doors of my house! You might ask, “Was that pop-up tree easy to put up?” I would have to say, “I don’t really know, my daughter had it up when I got home from Illinois Tuesday night – but she said it was a snap!”
While the Christmas tree is sure to be a real bright spot for celebrating the season, the gel colony ant farm is not a pretty sight. I was going to take a picture of that, but it is a bit depressing.
First ant farm snafu was when the ants arrived in their little tube and the package was marked, “Caution, ants sting!” However, after 10 minutes in the fridge, the little buggers were all lying calmly at the bottom of the tube, and the transfer to their fantastic new home was accomplished quickly and relatively easily. But somehow, instead of burrowing through the green gel that serves as their feeding grounds, they have all managed to get UNDER the gel and have what I assume are very small brains and cannot quite understand how to get back up. This morning, two of them were standing up against the plastic walls, actually begging me to let them out.
Sooooo, I have to Christmas shop again, because I really do not think I can hand a 4-year-old a plastic container of green gel and dead stinging harvester ants on Christmas morning. The Trauma That Lasts A Lifetime.
Here’s the tree!
Nope, no tree picture. I don’t know what has happened, but for some reason I can no longer insert photos on my blog, something that is not likely to be fixed until Tracy comes to visit. :-) It’s pretty, though! :-)
1 comment:
Oh my goodness!! I've never had an ant farm and wouldn't have dreamed of the logistics to getting it all set up. But somehow it seems like there might be a nice kind of ant..not a "stinging" kind. Guess not though...it is what it is.
Wish your picture thing was working. Your tree sounds wonderful.
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