It's not murder if it's self-defense

Pam, maybe you shouldn't look at this one. You might have a cyber-reaction.
Yesterday, I was walking the yard and saw some suspicious plants, nestled in with some honeysuckle run amok.
I took some pictures and came in to compare to a very nice poison ivy site.
Yep, it's poison ivy. And we have a very healthy amount of it:

And I have a rash on my right hand just from poking around last night.
I wonder what tomorrow or the next day will bring.
I cut all of this down tonight.

Not a great pic, but you can see the drupes along the stem behind the leaves.

This poison ivy has been here awhile. It was mixed in with honeysuckle, and I had to remove a bunch of the honeysuckle just to get to the PI vine.
HAIRY PI vine. Eeew.

About 6 feet down along the fence...Oh Hell, there's more!

Weaved in with the PI was this....Virginia Creeper, as far as I can tell. I left that alone....it's not bothering anyone.

This is the aftermath: All of the vine that I could safely lift with my clippers got thrown over the fence to shrivel up. The girls never go out there, since it's right by a state route.
Nellie has been running through this stuff. I just emailed Kathi to ask what kind of resistance dogs have to poison ivy.
The girls and Geoff are banned from this part of the yard until I can get back out there and rake up any fallen leaves.
I don't know why I chose to be the one to do all the chopping. I usually get a fairly nasty reaction to PI, and I have had it bad enough to get fevers.
But I fell on my sword. For the family.
*******
I don't know about you, but I could use some cleansing photos:


How about a cute kitty nose?



Or a confused red-bellied woodpecker?
(I moved the suet to keep it away from the f***ing squirrels)



Or a cardinal who just wants a ride?



Or a messy mocker face?



Here. This will help...little girls with puppies:

Ah...that's better.