Crop Dusters and A Rash

Over the last few weeks we have been visited by crop dusters spraying the fields surrounding our acreage. They, of course, fly very low when spraying and it is a little disconcerting to look out the living room window and see a plane roaring past the house at 100 mph just above the corn field across the road. When spraying the other fields that surround our acreage they looked like they would crash into our house until at the last second they pulled just above the tree line and over our property, then do it again and again. I really came to admire the skill of those pilots. Recently I spied some noxious looking weeds growing in the area where our fire ring is located. They were about two feet tall with greenish yellow buds growing close to the main stem. Since we had a fire going at the time I used the pruning shears to cut them down then toss them in the flames. Immediately my hand and arm began to itch so I hurried up to the house and washed off with soap and water for several minutes. That took care of most of it but now, a couple of weeks later, I still have a lingering rash on my arm. I have committed what those weeds looked like to memory in case of future encounters. So far this year our problems have included a leaking roof, our oven quit working, the overhead door on the machine shed broke in the open position (we can’t close it because the tracks are bent) and now either our well keeps running dry or there is a problem with the pump. It was determined the roof was leaking around the chimney, which was patched for free but came with a quote to take the chimney off. We are still deciding whether to fix the old stove or buy a new one. A new overhead door was ordered the first of June and we are still waiting for it to arrive. The door company says the supply chains with their vendors are backlogged. I have to keep knocking down bird nests inside and chasing critters out. We can get just enough water to flush the toilet and fill a few jugs before it turns off again. The well man should be out again next week. All of us have problems but out in here in the country they can take on a little different flavor than we were used to in the city.