Day 6

     

     Well, here it is Day 6, and I am surprised that I only have 1 chigger bite, especially since I have been wearing my Croc flats.  I know when it happened, I went into the tall grass and Bam!, one got me.  I can handle one.  About six years ago when I had horses, I went to fetch them from a pasture that had never been sprayed and was in flip flops and a skirt, not a smart thing to do.  Anyway, I must have gone through a chigger family reunion, because I had them all over my legs and thighs.  I tried everything, Clorox, nail polish, Chigger-Rid, but to no avail.  One morning I woke up and very passionately told my angels, “I don’t care what you have to do, but get rid of the chiggers!”  Note- don’t ever do that.  I went to go put on my blue jeans, which for some reason I had laid on my bed the night before, which I never do, and there was a scorpion in one of the pant legs and I got stung.  I was pretty pissed.  Here I had just asked my angels for help and I got something worse.  I took some Benadryl after a few choice words and went to work.  Lo and behold, a couple of hours later the chiggers were gone!  If I knew a scientist that could get scorpion venom in a much easier form than getting stung, we could make millions, well maybe thousands.  My son called me a couple of weeks ago, and he had a bad case of chiggers, and went to put his swimming trunks on to clean a wine tank, and got stung by a scorpion.  His chiggers were gone.  I am telling you there is something to this…… 

      I do like wearing my Croc flats, first because they are so comfortable, and second, chickens and ducks do not care where they defecate, so I can just wash off my Crocs and they are good as new.  In the future when I have my own farm I will invest in some L.L Bean duck boots, but for now, the Crocs are good. 

     I went home today to check on my cat and clean out her kitty litter box.  I also went grocery shopping, baked chocolate cookies, cooked bacon, did three loads of laundry, played with my cat, watered my plants and watched a little of the Breeder’s Cup.  Honestly, after doing all that I was ready to come back to Blanco and watch dogs, chickens and ducks! 

     There was a beautiful full moon tonight.  I wish my phone could take better pictures.  With the moon being full, and also the last couple of days being cloudy out here, I have not been able to see the stars as much as I wanted.  I am here until Thursday, so maybe with a waning moon, and no clouds, I will have at least one night for wonderful star watching!