Birthday Suit Carpenter

[Ernestnog]

You may gain some tips from this article - what to do or not to do. http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/smilesm.gif :-/

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/04/22/naked.carpentry.ap/index.html

[esiweboneya]

I have an acquaintance here. Except in this she's not nearly as eccentric as I am http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/th_rolleyes-1.gif .

But there are two quirks about her gardening.

a) she loathes ticks more than anything else in the world.

b) she really really doesn't like prickly plants--has removed them from her garden and the rest of the yard, would not ever consider a holly tree (we have lovely, probably native, ones in the area) or a rose.

b) may be a response to a).

Because she gardens in the nude so she can see and feel ticks when they start to crawl on to her.

In her defense--while we all occasionally get really slow-healing tick bites, it does seem that all of hers turn out that way.

Fortunately, they do not live in the middle of Oakland, but at the end of little road on the other side of some sometimes formidable streams.

But one does not often go up without calling first.

So she responds with shudders and loathing the stories of my (late) dog Buster, who, within a week of being Front-lined came in nearly every day with 20-40 ticks on him. I wish I were kidding. I've never seen the like, and I've mixed dogs and woods most of my life, so I thought it was annoying but cute that Buster just loved for me to sit outside with his head on my lap and de-tick him before he came in. I almost had to do it in the depths of winter, just because it gave him so much pleasure. The vet kept telling me that Frontline kills within 24 hours, why was I getting upset about this?

[eroricmocanec]

Great story, Amanda. I can understand your friends aversion to prickly objects.

Did I ever tell you about the time three carloads of senior nudists came to visit the Underground Cabin ---I'm sure I did - I wouldn't have missed that one. It reminded me of the movie "Cocoon". They were from a club a couple of friends of ours belong to.

Tick season is here now too. Maybe I better lose the extra clothing so I can see if any get on me. :-/ What a scary picture that makes - Glenn - the birthday suit Bobcat driving cowboy. http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/shocked2.gif

Our friends told us to give them a call before dropping in too- but what the heck -- what's wrong with just popping in for a friendly visit?http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/hmm.gif http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/smilesm.gif

[ethewehyworia]

PEG, I wrote mine at the same time you were writing yours - I had no idea you were interested in how I drove Bobcat--- great minds, eh?http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/hmm.gif http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif

Sassy is at work - does 4 or 5 days every couple weeks at the Veteran's Hospital -- she's been real busy lately as they are running minimal staff the hours she works. They make her wear clothes there though. http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/smilesm.gif

Ticks around here are about 70% positive for lyme. I think Amanda's friend has the right idea.

[Eteliessecy]

Sorry about that, PEG. I had no intention of destroying your mind. :-/ I think I'll run up and drive the Bobcat a bit now. http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif