Nighttime pacer
06-06-21, 02:51
Hi all,
I’m so annoyed with myself for getting so anxious about this.
This afternoon I was doing some weeding in my garden. I have large areas which are paved with patio slabs but always end up with grass growing between the slabs.
I’d been lazy lately and not pulled it up straight away so some of it had got quite tall. I had read ages ago that ticks can hide at the end of long strands of grass and climb on you and bite you when you brush passed and you can contract Lyme disease from them.
I was being really careful and had long gloves on to pull the grass up.
At one point one of the strands of grass brushed my forehead. I immediately went into my bathroom washed my hands and then inspected my forehead for signs of a tick. I couldn’t see anything.
I did see that on some of the grass there were groups of black insects at the end of the grass but I think these were black fly.
From what I read ticks are common where there is a lot of long grass and wildlife like deer or other mammals that carry ticks.
Other than the odd fox passing through my garden doesn’t have any mammals and this was just some grass growing in gaps of paving.
Am I getting totally freaked over nothing? I hope so. I only managed to get half the weeding done and need to finish it but I’m scared to now.
Sorry for such a long post.
Nighttime Pacer
I’m so annoyed with myself for getting so anxious about this.
This afternoon I was doing some weeding in my garden. I have large areas which are paved with patio slabs but always end up with grass growing between the slabs.
I’d been lazy lately and not pulled it up straight away so some of it had got quite tall. I had read ages ago that ticks can hide at the end of long strands of grass and climb on you and bite you when you brush passed and you can contract Lyme disease from them.
I was being really careful and had long gloves on to pull the grass up.
At one point one of the strands of grass brushed my forehead. I immediately went into my bathroom washed my hands and then inspected my forehead for signs of a tick. I couldn’t see anything.
I did see that on some of the grass there were groups of black insects at the end of the grass but I think these were black fly.
From what I read ticks are common where there is a lot of long grass and wildlife like deer or other mammals that carry ticks.
Other than the odd fox passing through my garden doesn’t have any mammals and this was just some grass growing in gaps of paving.
Am I getting totally freaked over nothing? I hope so. I only managed to get half the weeding done and need to finish it but I’m scared to now.
Sorry for such a long post.
Nighttime Pacer