Sept.'s gifts and other things Sept.17 ,2013

Ahhhh, the joys of September...cooler days (yeah), curling leaves falling to the ground, cicada's screaming through the solitude, and gnats.
Yes, gnats... this is their month.  Where they come from, nobody knows.  They just appear one day and multiple.  I have searched the house.  What could possibly be creating a hatchery for these little flying creatures?  How do you combat them?  They are faster than a speeding bullet and can leap tall refrigerators to escape any evil plans I have for them.
My husband and I   planned another diversion tactic.  I read of a bowl of vinegar with soap in it...done..in the kitchen and the bathroom.  Next, a trip to  Walmart  to buy fly spirals (those sticky things that hang in spirals).  One hanging in the kitchen and two in the bathroom.  All good so far.  Wow, gnats al  la vinegar bowl-- gnats covered spiral:).  It appears this could work.  I believe it is a catching machine.  We are sooooo smart :) until...until... I go into the bathroom and reach for a towel and was stuck like a gnat to the sticky thing!!!  This horrible nasty thing had captured me. I pulled and was stuck more.  It took the other hand to pull myself loose and now that poison and goop was all over both hands.  Let me tell you , I fully understand how it catches  things.  It took FOREVER to get that stuff washed, rubbed, washed again and   off of me.  The gifts of September can bring surprises.