6/5/26

 I am pretty sure I got into the poison ivy. But t is that time of year. I don’t have the rash yet but am itchy all over. Even the inside of my ear is itchy. 

I spent several days in the garden. It is my own fault. 

I googled what the purpose of it is on this earth. It seems everything has a purpose.  Poison ivy apparently provides food to wildlife and birds in the winter (and summer). It also prevents erosion because it pretty much grows every which way. Really? There isn’t a plant that does those things that is less itchy?

I headed over to spend time with my in-laws. Avery arrived late afternoon. We all worked together to make dinner. We tried to keep it as easy as possible.

After dinner, the cousins were across the street. We all filtered outside. There were 6 teens plus Avery and the 6 year old….who was in his glory.

Little Luca. He saw the big kids playing corn hole, badminton, bocce and throwing the football around. Luca said that it looks like a family carnival. If you looked around, everyone was having fun and visiting.

Luca had come from his baseball game. He was still wearing his baseball uniform. He had tall socks on. Avery said he looked like a miniature diabetic patient with “compression” socks. That Avery is quite clever.

The males played a rousing game of bocce. The “olds” vs the “young’s”. They had a blast. The “olds” won by one point.

We sat around the campfire. The snores were brought out. It was fun to talk to the teens and hear about their jobs, what keeps them busy and just having silly conversations about “that time I hit a deer in the Chipotle parking lot”.

It has been a fun day!