Going ... going

.... no. Not Gone. However , all the bumps are fading and the worst of them ( on the off side arm , that didn't touch the plant ) is prominent but it's lost its redness.
An acquaintance mentioned hives that came and went over a year.
Same bumps and blisters as me , it seems.
No doctor ever ventured more than a guess of contact dermatitis
and ' Don't touch plants !!! '. Thats b/c I think that is what happened
On the net , contact dermatitis is the fall back for my bumps.

On CBC radio , one of the talk shows announced that " the Civil Wars " have broken up for good.
The ' Civil Wars ' was a duo of Joy Williams and J P White. They're style was ' Americana ' , a genre that sprung up around Nashville and spread far and wide. The music is folk , country , bluegrass and Jazz. 
I've mentioned the ' Tiny Desk ' concert series from NPR , available on YouTube.
The CWs was a group that I bumped into while watching the TD concerts. NPR described them as swooning , pure chemistry. I felt that they were close to sublime.
Entertainers , they swoozled their way into the audience's heart ... and they had them before they got on stage.
I've been listening to their version of MJ s ' Billie Jean ' , sweet lord of the Ever Ever , never thought that I was a MJ fan.

One of the comments on the NPR video was something like '  CW s if you ever get to - gether again ... I promise never to listen to crappy music  , please try !!!! '

There's pure art and unfortunately , fate , whatever , lead to Joy 's husband acting as manager. Added to this , was a situation where the Williams' could go on the road but the Whites' couldn't. These statements are speculation b/c the principals have been very discreet about revealing details.   Sound a little too                       Civil - (wars)-ilized ?
No one was talking trash but tried to put the differences in terms that at least gave a hint to the cause.

I don't want this to get maudlin but the synchrony of these two , went beyond just singing and  playing.
C'est dommage ... Mon Dieu .. but this world is a complicated place

Weather : sunny , cool , slight threat of rain but overall a great day
Temperatures will build over the course of the next 4 days and culminate in rain for a day or two. Not bad.

To - morrow , the finishing touches are applied to the bedroom or the ' blue grotto ' as friends have taken to naming it.
Shutters come in the morning , pictures to follow , natch.

Went out this morning on the 'bee. For the first time in 2 weeks ( dermatitis time ) and funny , I didn't get any better at fishing. 3 hits and 1 rock bass in 1  1 / 2 hrs. TG ,  its not my full time job
Still great to get out.  Boat ran fine and the trolley went up and down w/ out a clunk.... lots of little squeals and clicks but... no clunks. Clunks are not good.

BTW - I'm re-inventing the wheel again. The supports for the marine railway are supposed to be some sort of metal jack but mine didn't come w/ such. I've been using blocks and stone to support the railway. Yesterday , I purchased two deck blocks ( yep , the kind that you use to form the foundation for deck posts ). These devils are pyramid shaped and have cut outs to take a 4x4 upright and 2x4 cross ways. 
I'm hoping that the pyramids will allow me to support the rails but also introduce some possibilty of adjusting the height i.e. by using wood pieces on top of the pyramid - both cross ways and up and down
We shall see said the Zen Master

BTW - 2 .. this blog made passing reference to Ebola in W Africa 2 months ago and infrequently since. Somewhere around the 1400 death mark , this Ebola outbreak will surpass the combined total of deaths since 1976 , in some 20 or so different Ebola locales.
Readers should note W Africa was not a forseen possibility in the estimation of WHO , and is considered an anomaly right now.
Canada may play a large role in the control of Ebola virus w/ a drug being developed to combat Ebola.
The drug was in hold mode as the FDA monitored some unusual results from trials. There is a chance that rapid development of this drug may be needed.

We shall see said the Zen Master

( I know I'd better stop w/ the Zen thing )

We shall see said the Zen Master