Ann, glad you liked the photo. I had never had poison ivy (though I know I was exposed to it) until about 10 years ago. There was a large patch of it by the front door of a vacation cottage we rented, so I got thick rubber gloves and a disposable body suit and pulled it all out. OOPS! The rubber gloves were latex, and urushiol (poison ivy oil) waltzes right through latex (I learned later). A week later I was covered, head to foot, in a weeping itchy rash; it took a week of prednisone for it to clear up.
So, don't assume you're immune--you might not have had an adequate exposure! Best to stem your curiosity and leave it alone, though. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 3:54 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > I clicked on the shot before reading anything you wrote below - and chuckled > at your subject line.. > > Happily, I've never gotten it - can't imagine that I always saw it in time > to step aside... maybe I had some when > a child and developed immunity... it -is- pretty. > > ann > > > On 9/5/2016 9:46 AM, Rick Womer wrote: >> >> I was intrigued by the colors and textures along a back road in New >> Hampshire. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18280901&size=lg >> >> (K-5, DA 16-45) >> >> The lovely foliage above the wall is all poison ivy. >> >> It was rash of me, I know. >> >> Comments (and more puns) appreciated. >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
