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Caught the Bug
Update on the trailer progress..... Last Sunday I was working at our barn trimming trees and bushes when I noticed our Bougainvillea bushes which we have about a dozen were getting very over grown. So I got my gloves and trimmed them all back which took about 5 hours. I then went and trimmed a black olive tree that was overgrown around the entrance to the riding ring, By this time the sun was setting and I was beat so I cleaned up and went home. As anyone who knows of bougainvillea plants they have thorns and of coarse I got a little scratched up. When I stripped down for a shower the amount of scratches seemed to have doubled or even tripled. Well fellas I found out the hard way that I'm very allergic to bougainvillea's. Monday I was a swollen, itchy mess. I went to the doctor and the look on her face was priceless. I'm now out of work till I heal up. I never have had any allergic reactions like this before and would not wish this on even my worst enemy. I am still going to Ocala sunday to pic up parts for the trailer and when my skin heals up will be back at it hard.
Let this be a warning to anyone trimming these bushes....Its worse than poison ivy!
Hope for the best for you! My wife get bad reactions from poison ivy every year due to us hiking and our dog getting into it as well. That stuff is nasty I can only imagine.