Remember
that Plein air painting at Dunn Acres I was so excited about last week? This week I am
calling it plein air pain in thanks to all the mosquito bites I
collected.
I sprayed myself all over with 100% deet
before I began painting. Then I sprayed more on my hands and wiped it on my
face and exposed skin. But I did not think to rub it on my skin under edges
of my shirt; nor did I rub it into my hair.
As a result I counted over 75 bites in three bands one on the back of
each my arms and one the neckline. Apparently my shirt shifted when I was
reaching out to paint , exposing untreated skin. And that number doesn't
include the bites I can't count in my hair. I had a hat on, but they bit me on
the back of my scalp where the hat did not cover my head. They did not bite my
neck where I had rubbed the deet, but I am a solid mass of welts anywhere the
spray did not touch.
LESSON
LEARNED: Spray all over BEFORE one gets dressed and rub it in everywhere;
then spray ones clothes and rub it in again up under the edges once you get on
location.
I've also purchased one of these personal
fan protector devices from "Off". I will let you know how it works.
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