I immediately went into the house and took a couple of Benedryl, but these guys were more potent than the last ones and my arm is continuing to swell badly and be in a lot of pain. I am allergic to bee and other insect bites & stings, but I never know how I will react -whether badly or not. I do not at this time have a life-threatening reaction, but this is not something one can predict and one never wants to fool with it. I do have one sibling who could have a lethal reaction and several others, plus my mum who are allergic. Plus my children and grand-children also have allergic reactions.
Anyway, I'm in sort of a crabby mood myself now, due to the pain and the discomfort.
I did get some work done around home anyway, though. The older grands came over yesterday & I taught my to-be grand-daughter how to make jam and gave her a good set of canning equipment & tools. She'll still need to get a canner, but now they have tools, book, and some jars, plus 5 lovely jars of strawbery jam!
I also made about 6 batches of jam myself over the weekend, plus canned some veggies and got a bit more done on the baby sweater & a tiny bit of spinning. The bee sting reaction put a crimp into my craft life, though, I have to say.
Still hot-hot here and no sign of immediate relief. Farmers are beginning the harvest in our immediate area, too.
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Harvest happened while we were away from our farmhouse. I mean, all the fields are harvested -- there's not even the distant sound of a machine.
My daughter and her husband really enjoy berrying and making jam/jelly. It's good to encourage this interest in our younger people.
Oh -- and I meant to say I was sorry about the bee sting. I got stung by a yellow jacket last week. I'm not allergic and had no reaction, but it was darned unpleasant even so.
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