Tired of the blue living room,
I was determined to change it over to red.
Cushion covers, rugs, art, that sort of stuff. Could I find the pillow covers. Nowhere in the house were they to be
seen. Nowhere. George had pulled down the extra pillows,
thank you George, and I thought the covers might be up there in the above
closet storage too.
I had enough sense to not
try and stop the two plastic bins as they fell down past me. Normally I would have stuck a hand out. There they were, two cadmium red light and
two vermilion velvet cases. I chose the
lighter colors, then I went down to look at the big Bokhara in the garage. I chose a smaller Bokhara, and it suddenly
struck me that moths like wool. All my
old rugs are wool.
After dinner, we drove to
the hardware store and bought moth ball sachets. After putting down the small rug, we poked
about 4 sachets in the big rug and two in the smaller one.
The smell was bad enough
yesterday that the laundry had to be done with the garage door opened. Today when I went down to head to the pool,
the garage was filled with the odor of moth repellent. Socked in, really strong, endlessly powerful,
to the brim with this truly awful smell.
When I got home I brought all my swim things upstairs.
Maybe one moth sachet would
have been enough.
Eeek! Moth smell!
ReplyDeleteYou probably killed every moth in San Diego. Their larvae eat the wool.
ReplyDeletePlease be careful with this stuff. It is carcinogenic big time!
ReplyDeleteyep, there isn't a moth in a 1 mile radius.
ReplyDeleteToo bad about the mothballs. But you sure have a flair for home decor!
ReplyDeleteWe have a severe moth (larvae) problem here. Terry has had his beautiful cashmere sweaters eaten and I have moth holes in a coat I really love. We keep moth disks in all the drawers and closets where our clothes are stored. They have to be replaced on a regular basis. The ones I buy don't have a strong odor but they keep those pesky critters away from the clothes.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should watch the popular NCIS someday. I think we watched one or two episodes once upon a time and weren't enthralled, but who knows. We recently did the West wing, which we missed at the time, and really liked it.
ReplyDeleteUmmmm... Aren't mothballs supposed to be bad? I forget why. Well, I guess the smell is bad enough.
ReplyDeleteI love how you're able to change the color scheme every so often. It keeps life interesting.