Inspired by SixWordSaturday
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My husband and I went for a walk yesterday and stopped next to this beautiful patch of nature’s greenery. I make it a habit to look down for unexpected photo opportunities. Perhaps this was one! The sunlight was filtering through the trees…only a light breeze in the air. It looked promising.
However, my eagle eyed husband soon interrupted my concentration…
Look Out!
Me: What?
H: Be Careful. Don’t go near that. He pointed down at the plants.
Me: Why not? (I always ask why)
H: It’s Poison Ivy! See the three leaves!
Me: Are you sure? So many plants have 3 leaves, don’t they? I don’t stop and count.
H: Yes!
Me: Whatever. But it’s so pretty. I have to take a photo. I inched closer. My inner 12 year old really wanted to get a macro shot…but then again there’s that itching possibility.
Fortunately my inner adult took charge. Which was a good thing.
I didn’t end up needing that calamine lotion after all.
Yikes, do not touch! That’s some nasty weed my friend! 😳
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I sure didn’t 🙂
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Good! A guy I worked with in Michigan for 20 years or more got that so many times, it messes up your skin.
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Ugh!
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Oh! That was a close one! Lovely greens though.
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Thanks 🙂 Definitely a close one!
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You’re welcome.
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That husband of yours is a perceptive guy! Good thing he was with you. Otherwise….
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Agreed! Otherwise it would have been a problem…to say the least.
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Yikes. Glad he warned you!
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Yes we both are 🙂
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Once in a canyon in California I saw a young couple out walking. It was autumn. The poison oak was bright red. The young woman had gathered a bouquet and was burying her face in it. I didn’t say anything. It seemed a lost cause at that point and, for the moment, she was enjoying it… I’m glad your husband spoke up!!!!
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Wow. That poor woman. She had her moment, but the aftermath…. Yes I’m glad I was warned. It is deceiving in its appearance (but then so are many things…) I’ll have to look up what poison oak looks like!
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I felt bad for her. I wanted to tell her but it was really too late. Poison oak looks a lot like poison ivy.
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Yeah, it was too late. I’ll avoid anything with 3 leaves just in case, thanks!
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Oh my! Glad you have an eagle-eye husband!! And I can’t help laughing at you asking, “Why not?” 🙂
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Well sometimes I just can’t help it. Gotta ask why…LOL.
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I think it’s great, kind of a childlike innocence and curiosity, healthy! I was raised to Never Question Anything–aarrgghh!!
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I was raised that way too. But I channeled all that curiosity outside the family unit (for the most part – although in school it was not often encouraged either…).
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That’s true of my recall, too–that curiosity in school wasn’t encouraged. So crazy…you’d think teachers would be delighted that a student wanted to learn “More”.
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Good news! 🙂 🙂
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I definitely agree 🙂
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Nice
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Thanks!
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Aren’t we lucky that poison ivy is so easy to identify by those 3 leaves! Nice photo.
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Thank you! I did appreciate their display despite the potential danger. I will pay closer attention to the leaf count from now on.
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Pretty poison, as they say!
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Thank you! Very true 🙂
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Yep, that’s pretty poison ivy! It would make for a fun macro shot though. Way to stay clear of the itch!
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Thanks! Yeah, I had to resist that one. 🙂
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Good thinking – according to the rows growing on the side of our roads here, it’s a bumper crop of it this year!
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