July Coffee Cup & Poison Ivy Redux
This month I have a lovely blue coffee cup. The picture doesn’t show it very well but it’s a deeper blue on the bottom and shades to a very pale blue at the top. It also has sea shells and rope and is a bit nautical. I figure if I can’t get to a beach or pool this month — well then I’ll have my coffee in a cup that makes me think of ocean breezes and the surf washing up and down. Ah, minute vacations.
On the home front things are a bit under the weather here at Chez Haggerty/Surrette. I’ve had migraine almost constantly for a week — about the time I’ve had the poison ivy. And,… What’s that? How am I doing? I’m so glad you asked. At first it looked like the extra antihistamine and the steroid cream would take care of it. It didn’t spread. Then on Saturday, I noticed a few more spots and on Monday it was weeping. So, it’s prednisone again. Started on Monday evening and today the weeping stopped.
Now I mentioned before that I can’t seem to identify poison ivy here in Maryland. None of the plants we were pulling up looked what I thought it looked like. So, trusty camera in hand, I went out and took pictures of the viney things out there.
So, that’s what was there. I’ve labeled them A, B, and C. If you recognize one of these as poison ivy could you drop me a comment and let me know which one it is? If it’s none of them, well pick D. If none of these are poison ivy, I’m going to have to get a book and get out there to figure out what it is.
Last summer I had two cases of poison ivy and I’m already on my first one this year. I’m done now — if only the poison ivy was done with me. What does this sucker look like? Inquiring minds want to know. And before you ask, I’ve googled my little heart out and seen pictures that look just like these and about 20 other variety of leafy greens but not look exactly like these and none look like anything else we’ve got out there in the back of beyond. But this time we were weeding the fruit orchard where the vines have for some reason decided to grow all along the ground so we’ve got to get it out of there.
Life…I feel like Marvin the chronically depressed robot today…