We need rain, in a bad way. We didn't get much snow last winter and this spring has been dry. I have several oaks taking a big blow from brown tailed moths. They are invasive aliens that look like a tent caterpillar and have hairs that can give a burning itchy rash and lung irritation if inhaled.
I am recovering from peeling a strip off my right palm. I snagged my foot on a down electric fence wire while carrying a five gallon bucket with a broken plastic spool on the handle. The weight of me on the hand holding the sharp piece as I went head first acted like a vegetable peeler and took a quarter inch wide three inch long chunk of skin out of my palm.
UGH. Tough time of year for a hand wound that requires wrapping, and makes holding anything in the dominant hand painful.
Lucky for me I had some large sterile gauze pads. I have been tearing strips of fabric to wrap around my hand and wrist to keep the gauze in place. It works terrific, since the three bandaids required would stay on a minute at best, Although I did have some band aid brand ones that stuck so well the plastic had to be chipped and pulled off which was extremely painful. A good squeeze of neosporin on the gauze seems to help keep it from sticking, the wrap-an old jersey torn in strips has been the best.
Oh yeah, typing is painful too. And I did it a week ago. Grrrr.
