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June 20, 2019 at 11:32 pm #474741
Gary Mc (Trikist)
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I have not used my watercolor/gouache kit recently. It wanted to get back to it. The photo included here was taken from the same position (180 degrees) as the reference photo for the painting. This was one of my favorite spots for plein air last year. C&C welcome. Gary

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June 21, 2019 at 12:35 am #844105
Yorky Administrator Ormskirk
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Nice work Gary.

As a visitor to the Ann Arbor Botanical Gardens some year ago I saw sign for poison ivy. I asked the staff how I would identify it and they couldn’t tell me! We don’t have it in the UK.

Doug

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June 21, 2019 at 5:58 am #844107
Artist_by_Accident
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That’s so inviting, Gary! Beautiful

Doug, there’s a saying here that we heed (since we live in the boonies) about identifying poison ivy/poison oak:

“Leaves of three – leave it be. Leaves of five, it can thrive”

Can’t imagine the staff of a botanical garden not knowing how to identify it!!! And lucky you for living where it doesn’t grow!!!
June 21, 2019 at 9:54 am #844109
Gary Mc (Trikist)
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Thanks Yorky. I was raised about 55 miles north of Ann Arbor. I contracted Poison Ivy infection 3 times that I can remember. It was a common problem for kids who liked to roam fields and woods. I have read that the plant is spreading. It likes our climate change. There are other plants with “leaves of 3” but the simple solution is to avoid them all.

Thanks AbyA. I hate to lose this area as a plein air location but I have already used my lifetime quota of fels-naphtha soap and calamine lotion.

Gary

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June 24, 2019 at 5:22 pm #844106
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Three leaves, waxy-appearing leaves, white berries (I think). I believe it is one of those plants which may be highly toxic to some, but relatively benign to others.

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June 25, 2019 at 3:29 am #844114
sea dangler
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Lovely painting Gary.
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June 25, 2019 at 10:00 am #844110
Gary Mc (Trikist)
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Thanks Bill. Count me among those in the middle. It is very annoying skin rash to me.

Thanks Dave.

Thanks again. Gary

"Painting is a verb"
August 8, 2019 at 8:56 am #844113
janinco
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We used to raise dairy goats and had poison ivy in our back pasture. They loved eating it and I had to be careful because they liked to nuzzle my neck if I was bending over and at first I’d get a rash from it. But I had read that you can desensitize yourself by drinking the milk and over time I did quit reacting.

Jan

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August 11, 2019 at 8:06 am #844111
Gary Mc (Trikist)
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Sadly I even react poorly to dairy products Gary

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August 27, 2019 at 4:15 pm #844108
bchlvr
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Love it!

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August 29, 2019 at 10:34 am #844112
Gary Mc (Trikist)
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Thanks (Beach Lover?) Gary

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