...a Huge amount of ticks
You have no idea. Huge is not an overstatement. As soon as we got in the car, we saw them on our clothes. We stopped at the (seldom used) country road and basically stripped down, to the point of dropping pants to the hip, and picked them off. None were really biting, but definitely looking for places to chow down. Really, lots and lots of them - well over a dozen on each of us - more on him. Then we went to lunch at this little bar and grill we go to and went to their men's room and I picked NINE MORE off Jabber! All in all, I bet he had three dozen plus on him. He's like catnip to ticks...ticknip?
We'll be doing some serious weed-eating around that blackberry patch and cutting down on those nasty critters.
The mulberries made a great pie. Well, 5 cups of them did. I have about four times that many left...most in the freezer. So many people don't know you can cook with them. I never have before, but I'll be doing quite a bit apparently. lol
I am SO stiff and sore! I feel like I have been beaten. I guess I spent too much time in terrible shoes on hard surfaces. I need a vacation from my 3 day weekend!