We have a nice front porch here at Chateau Johnson. It can hold a whole party of people. Front porches are wonderful that way.
There's just one itty bitty problem. The front porch at Chateau Johnson does not have screens. It's open-air.
Nice, right? Well, this is New Jersey, the Mosquito State. No sooner does the balmy, porch-sitting weather arrive than the bloodsucking winged beasties descend in droves. If we're lucky, we get a little bit of unseasonably warm weather in March, before THEY hatch. Otherwise, our porch looks good but can't be used.
We use it anyway. I plug in a box fan, and as long as it's blowing on us, THEY can't land. I learned that trick a few years ago. It works pretty well.
One day long ago, way before the idea of the fan hit me, the Johnson family was trying to enjoy a balmy spring evening together on the porch. In those days Mr. J smoked cigars, and he was puffing amiably on one. A citronella candle was our only defense from THEM, and THEY sneered at it and began their onslaught.
Spare (she probably was about four years old) looked at Mr. J, and looked at the mosquitoes, and said, "GO AWAY, MOSQUITOES! WE'VE GOT CIGARS, AND WE KNOW HOW TO USE THEM!"
I've never forgotten that.
The Spare is raising money for a web series she has written and will star in. It's called Speed, and it's a comedy about speed dating. She has an indiegogo campaign to try to raise money for the production costs.
In order to sweeten the pot of your contribution, I've created a little giveaway/contest, which you can see below. The smallest donation is $5.00! And, in addition to the Annie Giveaway, you will get to see Speed in its entirety, FREE, on YouTube, whether you donate or not!
You can go straight to Spare's campaign here.
Thank you, and may the bored gods bless you and keep you and shine Their faces upon you!
4 comments:
I assume you're environmentally opposed to Deep Woods Off? That's what we use in Canada, Land of Mosquitoes.
Anne,
For years I've thought that the box fan idea was my very own--until now. IT WORKS GREAT! Even though we have a screened-in porch, (I know, lucky us!) we still like to sit all the way outside on balmy evenings... and our box fan goes with us.
Why haven't you added screens? (I've never priced screens so this may be my ignorance speaking...)
Our porch just looks so pretty. It has round pillars and railings. So it's aesthetic more than anything. I'll put up a photo at some point. Additionally I want to add that Mr. J no longer smokes cigars ... thank the bored gods!
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