Last week I was out in my yard and saw that my fence had become overgrown with a horribly looking vine that looked so ugly. So I decided since it was so nice out and all that I would take the time to cut and rip all that I could off of there, it didn’t take long, and it looks so much better now.

Now the bad part comes into play, a few days afterward I noticed that on my left hand, between the ring and little finger was itching like crazy so I was scratching it like a mad women, so much so that I started to draw blood from it all. And the next thing that I know other fingers starting itching and bumps were starting to appear and then it dawned on me that I had come in contact with some type of poison ivy.

I’ve been putting Benadryl, the itch stopping cream that my mother always had around the house and always had us use for things like this, but when I was a kid I could roll around in poison ivy and still not get it, so it is true that your bodies chemistry changes while it ages.

I just went outside to see how the yard looked after a long night of rain and high winds. Not too shabby I’m happy to find, only a few things were blown over, a couple of large tree branches are scattered here and there, other than that it’s all good. Funny thing though, the darned spider’s web that has been outside of the door managed to keep in tact, go figure!

I really want to plant a garden next year, but not just an ordinary garden, a wonderful garden that will be full of not only interesting plant life, but useful in a variety of ways as well. It will take me some time to figure it all out with all of the choices that I keep running across online. I’m starting to make a list and have all ready drawn out some of my ideas and of course I’ve had to start a new File Folder in my Favorites for all the sites that I’m starting to need to bookmark.

I really like this Evening Primrose that takes center stage when the sun starts heading down. They are favorites of butterflies, bees and birds with their big cup shaped beauties in shades of white, pink or white that open wide each evening. Now how cool is that, isn’t she purdy?