Tick Larva Removed From Me Today, - on taking a shower I spotted this under the waist band of my under shorts

that smallish brown vague item next to the penny is a tick larva - cannot tell the type but "

Tick Larvae

Larval ticks are extremely small and hard to see. Larvae of multiple species look very similar and must be identified microscopically by a professional. They have only 6 legs.

Larval ticks have not yet taken a blood meal but may still carry transmissible pathogens, such as B. lonestari and Rickettsiae

A Bit of Unsolicited Advertising - lost my plain-jane truck key

the other day I lost my 'plain-jane' - actually have to stick it into the key opening on the door - key and spent hours looking for it with no luck.  A local hardware store has a key center with a young man, Ted, who knew an amazing bit of knowledge about the modern style vehicle keys and who quickly made the plain key above from my old taped together electronic key.  I also have an order in action to have an electronic key blank that matches my old one sent to the store to be programed to order for that 'fall apart at any time' key - and at a price just a little above half the cost for same at the dealer.  So if you need a new key for your newish vehicles give this store a trial as I am sure happy that I did so.

A Few of Big Blue - III

A Few Big Blue - II

A Few Shots of Big Blue - from yesterday