Come Fly, Away - Part 2

This keeps getting more bizarre amazing.  Macy was at Ace Hardware at the cash register paying for a tank of propane.  What should be there, like manna from heaven, was the latest solution for the biting fly problem, Deerfly Patches.  You stick it on the back of your hat...not the front, the instructions are very emphatic, it won't work in the front.

First she tried it down on the beach, with minimal results.

Then she wore it on a walk, and voila, it works.  In fact 20 minutes after her walk when I took this pic the flies were still showing signs of life...a fly sadist's delight.

One of our neighbors, Paul Knox, stopped by to say hello...Macy was thoughtful enough to remove her hat.

So here's the bottom line.  Biting flies have been a problem from day 1, we're talking Adam and Eve here.  Despite all the technology and chemicals, it still comes down to sticky fly paper, something my grandfather used when he milked cows close to 100 years ago.