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Borrego Springs, CA

Friday, March 4, 2011

C-B-R-R-T

C stands for curing chiggers.  After my post last night, I received numerous comments with many, many suggestions for what I might try to reduce the itching of my chigger bites and kill the little buggers.  After searching my various cabinets in the rig, I found that I had two of the mentioned products on hand.  The first one I tried was the hydrogen peroxide.  It produced copious bubbling at each bite site, and seemed to subdue the itching factor today.  It’s effects seem to be wearing off this evening, so when I finish this post I’m going to try product number two: Cool Mint Listerine.  At the least, my legs will have fresh breath this evening.  Smile

B is for boat.  Today my inflatable canoe/kayak arrived.  I’ve been storing it for several years at my daughter’s house in Indiana.  I don’t know whether to call it a canoe or a kayak.  It looks like a canoe to me, but comes with kayak paddles.  Go figure.  I’m finally staying at a location where a nice bayou courses past the RV pads.  It connects with the Castille Bayou that was quite a water thoroughfare back in the day before automobiles.  Maybe I’ll be able to make my first trip this Sunday.  I’m looking forward to a peaceful paddle, and enjoying the wildlife along the way.  (If you row a boat, and paddle a canoe, what do you do if it’s really a kayak?)

R is for rain.  The rain started early this morning, and continued off and on all day long.  It’s forecasted to continue through tomorrow, so we’ve postponed our planned shrimp boil for the volunteers from tomorrow night until Sunday night.  During a brief respite in the rain this morning, I looked out the table window and counted three swallow-tailed kites soaring in their special way overhead.  These are the first of the year, so migration is on it’s way!  I mention this to give a little hope to you Northern readers.  Spring is on it’s way. Open-mouthed smile  I’d sure like to get a good picture of that bird when the weather improves.

R is also for raccoons!  When I took Emma for her first outs this morning, I noticed that two out of three of my bird feeders were knocked asunder.  One feeder was partially broken, and the other one had been dragged into the woods.  Shucks!  I was able to put the one I found in the woods back up after refilling it, and have left it up tonight.  If it’s knocked down again tomorrow morning, I’ll just have to take them in each evening at sunset.  What a pain, but it’s not unexpected.  This is a wildlife refuge after all.  At least Emma didn’t bark her head off in the middle of the night.

T is for taxes.  Since I didn’t work today, I made myself finally get all my income tax info gathered to send to my preparer in Minnesota.  This is one of those chores that falls into my procrastination category… along with vacuuming and washing the dead bugs off of my windshield.  I always seem to find something more interesting to do (even if it’s just sitting outside) rather than tackle something in that category.  With all the rain today, I really didn’t have an excuse to put that chore off any longer.  I did manage to not vacuum, however, and I’m hoping the rain will wash off a few more bugs!  Winking smile

Thanks for stopping by…. talk to you later,  Judy  

13 comments:

  1. My first hub & I had a homemade fiberglass boat that was between a Kayak and a Canoe. We called it a Kayacanoe. Maybe you could call using the oars "raddling."

    [grin]

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  2. Is that the Sea Eagle 330 inflatable canoe/kayak?
    I had been looking into one of those

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  3. I hope the remedies for the chiggers are working. I suppose you are not able to get to a store, as Chiggerid helps. Probably the same as clear nail polish though! It just smothers them.
    I hope Emma doesn't get into them.
    Their bites are as bad as poison ivy!
    Lovely pictures, as usual.
    Happy Trails, Penny, TX

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  4. Love your attitude toward dislikable chores. I have always hated housework of any kind. I do it, reluctantly, usually before a holiday, but will never have a spotless house or spotless rig!

    There are better things to do in life!

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  5. I hope you cure those Chigger bites, whatever the heck Chiggers are!

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  6. Hopefully you'll only have a couple more days of itching if the remedies work.Be safe out there. Sam & Donna..

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  7. Please remember that there ARE alligators there...and they DO bite through rubber boats....and BE CAREFUL!!!!

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  8. Hope I never don't get no Chiggers in my Knickers.

    And just a little something to keep in mind for your Kayak in cooler weather...
    Two fellows close to where you are right now were in sitting in a kayak the other day. They were getting cold so decided to light a fire in their boat. It promptly sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.

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  9. Taxes - such a horrible word. You would think after working for the IRS that I would just dig in and get mine done but I can guarantee that won't happen until about the end of March. Since I've retired I really hate doing them.

    Good luck with the chigger bites. It makes me itch just thinking about them.

    Post a picture of your kayak/canoe when you get a chance.

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  10. I'm wondering if this whole chigger thing could have been avoided by not shaving your legs.

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  11. Raccoons are such pesky creatures and so inventive. If there is something they want they will find a way to get it. We used to have deer that would nose around our bird feeders too and often knock them to the ground. They always left tell tail hoof prints under the feeder. Hope one of those chigger remedies works soon and gives you some relief!

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  12. I really enjoy reading your posts -- always well done & informative:)

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  13. That rain with thunderstorms caused Stephanie to cancel the workday to finish planting trees. My job was to catch anyone who hadn't gotten the message and send them home. So I put on my canoeing sandals so I could enjoy the puddles and set off. On the way Stephanie called me to tell me a group of high school kids were coming anyway. So we had them plant willows in water. When they ran out, I cut water sprouts off the three live willows and they also planted them. Travis, Arnie and I planted a few willows each then finished pruning the oaks along the boardwalk, and finished cleaning out the southeast corner of the VIS pond, uncovering the button bushes that I found still alive there. So we still have about 100 trees to plant but the place is definitely looking up.

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