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scaling the walls like relentless vandals, taking up residence, multiplying like Irish rabbits, appearing almost magically at every turn.
I am not talking here of telephone solicitors or Republican candidates. I speak of course of Ladybugs, those dear little critters which the French refer to as les betes du bon Dieu, “the creatures of the good God.” (Or maybe it translates as “Good God! those creatures!”)
Ah yes, the dear little ladybug, that harbinger of good fortune, that friend to the gardener, that cute little aphid eater. Aren’t we blessed! My unofficial count shows that Rappahannock County is now the Ladybug Capital of the World, being home to almost seven septillion of these wonderful beetles. The actual number:
92.8%