Geisha Girl... that's the name of the big tree in the top corner of our backyard.
It's a beautiful tree... lots of lovely flowers that smell of vanilla... lots of bees...
I was pruning the Geisha Girl tree, because it grows like bonkers here, and can quickly take over...
I had a good arrangement with the bees... I watched out for them, and they didn't sting me... the native Oz bees are less aggressive than their European cousins...
Then my hedge clippers hit a hornet's nest (or perhaps paper wasp - I was a little too busy running to note the exact details of the appearance of the wasps or their nest, which my hedge clippers had just cut right through)...
I vividly remember the horde of 30 or so angry dots, swarming out in all directions and then converging towards me... time slowed down... I watched as one wasp landed on my left forearm and stung me... I watched as I dropped the hedge clippers and flicked the wasp off on the follow-through... then I turned, took off, slipped on the loose branches and leaves on the ground, landed awkwardly on the concrete slab with my body weight going the wrong way, realised I was going to have a bad fall on the concrete and then get swarmed by wasps in a Wile E Coyote-esque fashion if I didn't do something, decided to transfer body weight and jump off the high end of the slab onto the lawn, transferred energy from what could have been a bad fall to a nice roll that took most of the momentum, got up on my feet at a run, slowed to a walk at the back steps, walked up the back steps onto the back deck, and accepted ever-so-calmly the glass of scotch that my Lovely Partner had just opened the door and offered to me...
I said a very calm "Thank you, my love," and continued on past her like nothing had happened...
Then I went and got some tea tree oil to stop the wasp sting on my forearm from getting infected...
Then I drank my scotch...
And everyone lived happily ever after...
Except those wasp buggers...they have got to go... hahaha... 
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
SANE acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
SANE values diversity. We are committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive service for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.