Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Locusts


And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts will swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail."  So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the LORD made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again.  They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt. (Exodus 10)
I don't even know if these bugs are Locusts.  Maybe a biologist out there can identify this green thing.    But whatever these palm-sized grasshopper look-a-likes are called they have infested our house and Kijabe in general.  OK is not quite a Biblical Plague, but these beady eyed green long-legged critters have found their way into our bathtub, bed, Mocha's doggie bowl, towels, the dental clinic, the back of our car, and on Meredith's baby doll (which she found very scary).




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