Was cleaning the house today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I moved the coffee table and a chair to vacuum. Under both were areas of the rug that looked \u201cOdd\u201d I didn\u2019t think much of it until I\u2019d run the vacuum over them. Then I was looking at the backing of the rug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took me a moment\u2026 then I saw a moth. I got down on my hands & knees and saw immediately what happened. Some kind of small species of moth had come in, and made themselves right at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rug was made of wool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well shit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rug was 13 years old. It was the last one of a set. The first one had been destroyed when the fire sprinkler pipe in the ceiling broke. This one had survived, but it was showing signs of wear around the edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wasn\u2019t quite ready to let it go but found myself having no choice. I rolled it up and carried it outside. Now I have to figure out how to get rid of it. It\u2019s small enough that I may be able to stuff it in a black trash bag with some plant trimmings ( as camouflage).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rugs, were two that Jerry & I picked out when we were buying furniture after the house rebuild. Both were neat matching geometric patterns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had to get rid of it, but it\u2019s still another thing in the house that we selected together. Now it\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jesse isn\u2019t pleased. I think he believes he was bad although I\u2019ve been trying to reassure him. I ended up wiping the underside of all the furniture trying to make sure I got any remaining eggs or other creatures.I scrubbed the floor and put felt on the bottoms of the furniture pieces to protect the floor. In case anything slid around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sort of like the room without the rug. I\u2019ll have to see how this works. If it doesn\u2019t I\u2019ll pick something up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was not what I had planned for the day, but it\u2019s probably for the best. I went around the house checking on the cedar blocks in drawers containing wool. I should probably find some replacements, they\u2019re not as pungent as they once were. I\u2019ve got wool sweaters and scarves for winter. I\u2019d prefer not to have them eaten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I usually moved the furniture around every couple of weeks to vacuum and I remember seeing something a few weeks ago but thinking it was just that the rug was getting old. I\u2019m amazed how much damage was done in such a short period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If there\u2019s any benefit to synthetic carpeting, I suppose it\u2019s that moths aren\u2019t an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between the grape vine and now the rug, it feels like things are just slipping away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sigh\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Was cleaning the house today. I moved the coffee table and a chair to vacuum. Under both were areas of the rug that looked \u201cOdd\u201d I didn\u2019t think much of it until I\u2019d run the vacuum over them. Then I was looking at the backing of the rug. It took me a moment\u2026 then I … <\/p>\n