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There are some that say that these horrible things have a purpose, I disagree. Two days ago I noticed that I had what appeared to be a skin tag on my stomach. It was sore and the surrounding skin was red. I planned to see the doctor to have it looked at and removed. After a closer inspection I saw the LEGS! This has been a very dry summer and ticks have no been an issue, but we've been getting some rain and they are making up for lost time. Ticks are blind, they cannot jump. They wait on grass blades with legs outstretched waiting for a host. This is called "questing". I keep thinking how this thing must have grabbed onto my foot and spent the day CRAWLING UP MY LEGS until it reached my belly. They CEMENT themselves to their hosts. I really had to tug to get this abomination off my body. I'm waiting for a rash, or a fever or some awful Lyme Disease syndrome to appear.  This does not appear to be a deer tick, but frankly that does not make me feel any better.

Halloween is over, soon we'll be rid of the candidate junk mail and we can start thinking about the holidays. As usual the place to go for Thanksgiving and Christmas items is the New Ipswich  Green Center. The center is open to the residents of Greenville and New Ipswich, NH. A parade of wonderful items arrived this Saturday. Here is a recap of some notable items. We had no idea what this is supposed to be, maybe a planter. It is the right size for a squirrel toilet. I planned to wear this for Halloween but it creeped me out. It belongs at the Green Center. How many times have you wished you had a hot dog slicer? I'm sure this is easy to clean after use, another treasure at the Green Center. You will never ever have to buy another box of Christmas Cards, we have tons of them. The Christmas Ornaments are out and on display Santa has arrived Happy Customers I never got cool bottles like this when I worked there. An original