Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason. – Leonardo Da Vinci
“We Send Bugs Packing”
It’s a long story, part of a longer story, the ten worst years of my life, but I found this photograph. So, this is like the longest photo caption ever maybe. The chunky guy in his Nike pajamas and fluffy slippers is me. Chocolate Labs are Brandy and Major. Guessing ten a.m. Whispering Lane, Venice, Florida. Y2K perhaps.
(Here’s a snapshot. Got to Florida. Turned fifty. Signed on as a part-time grocery bag boy at $4.50 hourly cause I’m not staying. Soon a full-time produce clerk, then left for the easy riches of sales, life insurance and financial instruments. Riches, my ass. Became a State Certified Horticultural Technician – think indoor gardener – just as banks consolidated and law offices went to plastic plants. Managed to move up to Arrow Environmental Services, Inc., where I became a marketing manager and the first to discover The Great Recession. Thereby retiring at age fifty-nine to a life of quiet contemplation. Ten years, seven dogs, five jobs, three homes, two wives later.)
Before I went into the business of killing bugs myself, I hired Welch Pest Control. I thought they sounded honest and trustworthy.
I am pretty sure I was miserable when this picture was took, I was always miserable, but Major was an excellent dog. He was a big help.