The other day I poured myself some cereal for breakfast and left it momentarily to get milk and strawberries. I got back in just a few seconds to find an ant balancing on the rim of my bowl. Of course, I dispatched it instantly and sighed. Spring is here, I thought. Ants are an annual scourge. The robins have been here for weeks, but the ants are just arriving.
I fight the same fight every spring and often wonder where the ants are all winter. Do they winter in Florida?
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