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Rural life…

Found this tick burrowed in Judas Jr.’s hair. I’ve been checking him daily and pulled about 30 over the course of the summer, but this is the first bloated one to slip past. As much as I love wild lawns, it’s beneficial to keep a play space mowed for kids to deter these jerks and prevent Lyme Disease in the case of deer ticks which are smaller. You can see a big chunk of skin in it’s mouth, which is preferable to leaving behind a buried fang. Gross. The Kiddo was understandably horrified.

These are actually the first ticks I’ve personally seen on our propoerty. I don’t know if weather played part or what but we’ve been lucky to have a very non-ticky experience here since we moved in in 2009. The chickens and other birds we’ve raised have undoubtedly helped clean them up too.

July 8, 2017