Welcome to my pond - Swim, wade, or sit on the bank

[room onthebroom]

Sounds like a keeper to me!

He drives me crazy sometimes, but he's a keeper! Theres no other man in the world that could've put up with 23yrs of my wackadoo self. I seriously believe all that rigorous military training was preparing him for life with me... Poor guy!

 

[kwhites634]

I do love her, but I definitely love her more from a distance.

Thanks Lisa, she sleeps a lot. You'll probably never even notice I have company (except for the screaming part.) I'm hoping to try to keep her somewhat busy when shes awake, but we'll see.

Give her a phone & introduce her to a sewing thread (that wasn't intentional) or whatever she's interested in.

 

[kwhites634]

the problem with the weeds is they are Pushki ... I am immune, eldest kid is immune.

But I am not sure if the youngest 2 kids are or not.... kid 2 and 3 are NOT immune, and kid 3 is super sensitive to it.



can't decide if I want to risk getting kid 4 and 5 covered in 3rd degree burns.

Put them on the business end of a drip torch & stay out of the way

 

[Alaskan]

Pushki is seriously bad stuff. Don't think we have it here in NJ.

it very much is.

Maybe wear long sleeves and gloves?

yes... but.... I worry. The juice will get on the sleeves and gloves... and then you need to figure out how to remove and wash the sleeves and gloves without getting any on you.

And if ANY gets on your skin it then gets right into the cells themselves and makes them photo sensitive. So, ANY light exposure, even a month later and 3rd degree blisters pop up. I still remember the summer... the ENTIRE summer ... that kid 3 had to dress in long sleeves, gloves and a ski mask everytime he went outside. Every. Time. He. Went. Outside! All. Summer. Long! I still shudder at the thought.

Is that also called wild parsnip or something like that?

yep. that stuff.

 

[Alaskan]

Put them on the business end of a drip torch & stay out of the way

So awesome.... but not good in the middle of the flower bed. Pretty sure that spouse doesn't want the front of the house to be a scorched earth zone.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

here is the pretty picture of the grown plant

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and here are nasty pictures of what it does to you.

Spoiler: nasty

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WOW! That IS some nasty business!

I feel your pain... but thankfully, my mom won't come to visit us for a variety of reasons. So, I need to get up there and see her again soon. The nice thing about that is the ability to hop in the car when things get really negative and just head home.

Time to vaccinate some chicks!
BTW: Peter Parker has at least three of them in there!

Glad you ended up with a few Peter Parkers...

it very much is.



yes... but.... I worry. The juice will get on the sleeves and gloves... and then you need to figure out how to remove and wash the sleeves and gloves without getting any on you.

And if ANY gets on your skin it then gets right into the cells themselves and makes them photo sensitive. So, ANY light exposure, even a month later and 3rd degree blisters pop up. I still remember the summer... the ENTIRE summer ... that kid 3 had to dress in long sleeves, gloves and a ski mask everytime he went outside. Every. Time. He. Went. Outside! All. Summer. Long! I still shudder at the thought.



yep. that stuff.

Poor kid! Thats awful!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Chicks...
No matter what i do they keep turning away from the camera...
Its worse when i take em out and try.

 

[perchie.girl]

Black clouds are DEFINITY her happy place. It puts a heavy weight on my crowded little house.

with a look grandma still can have me in a puddle of tears... I washed up her sink with a little stainless steel cleaner and all she could do is gripe about how I had scratched up her sink.... So I stopped looking for approval....

So When I clean up I leave something on purpose for her to gripe about.... Its amazing how freeing that is. Because I have the control even if she doesnt realize it. Her mind is made up I am worthless. I dont care any more. I love her.... everyone loves her.... Not everyone knows how much torture she can deliver.

deb who has been tortured this way since 2009....

 

[bobbi-j]

with a look grandma still can have me in a puddle of tears... I washed up her sink with a little stainless steel cleaner and all she could do is gripe about how I had scratched up her sink.... So I stopped looking for approval....

So When I clean up I leave something on purpose for her to gripe about.... Its amazing how freeing that is. Because I have the control even if she doesnt realize it. Her mind is made up I am worthless. I dont care any more. I love her.... everyone loves her.... Not everyone knows how much torture she can deliver.

deb who has been tortured this way since 2009....

My middle son said this about my grandma, “She puts the aggressive in passive-aggressive.”

 

[CapricornFarm]

here is the pretty picture of the grown plant

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and here are nasty pictures of what it does to you.

Spoiler: nasty

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Oh man, that is nasty! And i thought poison ivy was bad!