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[Crankin]

I am not quite sure about poison ivy... but since we have tons of it around here, I assume all of those 3 leafed plants are it.
When I first moved here, DS #2 got a terrible rash after about a month. I rushed him to the pediatrician, as no OTC things had helped and he was in agony. She was quite incredulous that I didn't know this was poison ivy. I had to explain it was not exactly common in the desert.
I played in the woods constantly as a kid and never have had it. I suspect i might be immune to it, as DH has had it many times from working on our landscaping in the past couple of years, and I have had nothing.

[OakLeaf]

I had horrible poison ivy on both wrists, oh, four years ago I guess. It was right when I went to the retreat where I rediscovered cycling.

I think what it was, I was clearing multiflora rose and poison ivy that were growing all together. The rose thorns must've broken the skin and gotten poison ivy underneath. I don't know how else I could've just continued to break out in new blisters under the blisters I already had.

I've had little spots of PI since then, but nothing like that. Yikes, it itches even thinking about it.

[crazycanuck]

Oak..yes on the snakes & spiders. Dugites, Tiger Snakes, King Browns...Red Backs, White Tails..

I've only seen a few snakes on my rides & let's just say I become alberto contator all of a sudden...

We're heading into the oo so lovely time of year called " magpie mating season"