Poison Oak

I seem to be immune to poison oak. I attribute this to my grandmother. A month before I went off to 6th grade nature camp, she gave me a glass of water with 1 drop of poison oak oil, next day 2 drops….until I got to 30 drops. I have never gotten poison oak, even though I have volunteered to help clear nature trails. I have to be careful with my clothing. My hubby is VERY sensitive and has to go on cortisone if he gets it. I wash my exposed clothes separately in Tecnu for a couple of washes or he has gotten it from my clothes. It’s a beautiful but dangerous plant.

[JackieR]

I've never heard of it, it doesn't sound a nice friendly plant. Your grandma was ahead if her time with that regimen to desensitise you.

Pretty abstract

[Kathy]

All those "poison" plants have lovely colors in the fall. Sounds a bit like a homeopathic remedy.

[Diana]

A wonderful image and great story! I have never even heard of this before. As long as you both stay life, all is good 🤗

[LManning (Laura)]

This is a lovely edit.

[Carole Sandford]

Oh never heard of this! Seems her remedy didn’t do any harm!

[KV]

Kind of an abstract looking shot but very pretty… what a story.

[Mags]

Excellent! I love the processing.

[Babs]

Great shot and processing. Really interesting story too.

[John M]

Nice abstract, looks very painterly. And the colors really work for it!

[Islandgirl]

Ow wow neat abstract, and interesting story!

[wendy frost]

A great abstract and remedy.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Jeff is like that with poison ivy- but I get it too- just not as badly as he does. I love the way you processed this. And yes, your grandmother was ahead of her time!

[amyK]

This is a lovely capture

[bkb in the city]

That is very interesting

[Wylie]

What an odd thing, sounds like it worked!

[Peter Dulis]

wild

[*lynn]

I love the colored leaves, textures and light. fav

[Valerie Chesney]

Wow! it is so beautiful..

[grace55]

Thanks for telilng us about this.Fav.

[CC Folk]

Beautiful. Sounds like you went through type of allergy immunity. Can you try that on your hubby? Or is it something that needs to be done when you are a child? Your grandmother knew what she was doing!