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September 05, 2006
Repelling Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are still biting and we're still using repellent incense. I'm not sure what you would call this in English. The green spiral is an incense that is put on a stand, lit, and placed in the pig-shaped decanter to burn. Pigs are a very common design for the decanter. Smoke from the burning incense comes out of the pig's mouth and kills the mosquitoes. It is a common summer scent. Walking through the neighborhood, we can smell it wafting from gardens. The can with the rooster on top is full of these green spiral incense. The blue green device next to it is a lighter. I have recently seen the lighters sold in the U.S. for grills.
The blue electrical device has a bottle of mosquito repellent in it. For the picture, I put a bottle next to the device to show you what it looks like. The repellent vaporizes and kills the mosquitoes.
Aunt has a device that emits a high frequency sound that kills mosquitoes. We use that sometimes, too. There is also a plastic bracelet that is supposed to keep them away. Mosquitoes don't bite Big Sister and me. Papa and Little Brother are the tasty ones. I put the incense in the garden long before the children come home from school. Mosquitoes don't seem to be as bad in wider, more open spaces, so children usually go to the park to play. Besides, there's not much room to play in most gardens. We don't have yards like in the west.
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