Bet you'll never guess where this one's going.
Fiery forestry - Pretty plants - Venomous vegetation - Heated hands - Sublime Sunday - Buzzing things - Spotty sun rays - Towering trees.
They were everywhere.
Deceiving little plant. All bright and perky, green and purple, dressed to impress and sexy to infect. She's always sexy though.
Especially on Halloween.
Helluva embrace. Every branch and leaf and vine she's got; strangling the life outta that tree like an anaconda. The whole floor too.
Not that one, this one:
Can hardly see the difference like knock-off Air Jordan's until you put a foot in it. Or any other extremity. Do that twice and you'll pay closer attention. Or when the leash is trailing Daddy's G and you never saw it touch anything but when you pick it up your knuckle, pinky nail on the other hand, a spot on your palm and two more on your wrist sting like penetrating molten needles.
Blends nicely, Poison Ivy.
"Leaf of three, leave it be is a good rule of thumb" said the tree guy who came out to estimate a giant oak tree removal out back who, by the way, was 50% more expensive than the other two. Free knowledge though.
That was nice.
Sir Francis Buller coined it—rule of thumb.
An 18th century English judge who said "a man may beat his wife with a stick no wider than his thumb." Him. Add a couple of open sourced platforms over the course of a couple of centuries, however, the internet and all the twats who've never written a positive review in their life and the story changes.
Gets confusing.
Impatiens capensis (jewelweed), the anti venom.
They grow low to the ground where there's lots of sunlight. They need all the sunlight a day can provide. Where poison ivy is, so too is impatiens capensis. Somewhere. I've never seen it anywhere else. Not easy to find though. They're distanced at least a half mile from one to the next and never in bulk. Impatiens capensis doesn't do groups.
The juice from the leaves and stems relieves skin irritation and rash caused by poison ivy.
And athletes foot.
Or, just let her be a dog. Works for me. She refuses to stay behind me anyway. Their senses are sharper than any Wikipedia link. If she walks in it or eats it or even sniffs it, it's safe. She steers clear of the plants that hurt, goes right around them.
So do I.
Safe - Unsafe - Safe - Safe - Anti venom.
Safe - Unsafe - Walk on water - Anti venom.