Re: today

Me either.  Ick!

Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI wrote:
> Wow. I've seen snakes eating eggs on TV but I've never seen one in the
> wild. Of course we don't have much wildlife here.
> It sure would have been one of those adrenaline moments for me too. I
> can't imagine wanting the eggs bad enough to kill the snake and squeeze
> the eggs out though.
>
> Cyndi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 6:47 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] today
>
> Last night I went outside and worked in my gardens.  It felt really,
> really good.  It was hot and humid and my clothes were soaked by the
> time I came in, but I felt better inside.  Just being outside and
> focusing on pulling Bermuda grass and where to plant something keeps
> me grounded.  And for some reason, my thoughts are more "gentle" out
> there.  I can let things roll off my shoulders.  My husband and kids
> don't get it.  They can't understand WHY in the WORLD I would rather
> spend my evening out there than inside where it's cool.  Then I went
> out to my chicken house to gather eggs...and for the FIRST time since
> I've owned chickens...I found a snake in there, and it had eaten all
> my eggs and was coiled up in a box.  Freaked me out.  The "garden-zen"
> moment was kinda LOST after that!! (laughing).  I picked it up with a
> pitch fork while my husband caught it in a fishing net and we put it
> in a cage.  Gonna move him out to the country somewhere, otherwise
> he'll just keep coming back to Chez Bell for dinner.  My grandparents
> and mother-in-law would have killed it and squeezed the eggs back
> out...but there were only a few in him, and I don't have the heart to
> kill it.  They aren't poisonous.  I have no idea what kind of snake it
> is though.  Chicken Snakes are shiny and black...almost blue/black.
> This one is brown with some weird markings on it.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Pam Evans<gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Yep - that's what mother says - this too shall pass.  And in 10 days,
>>     
> you'll
>   
>> be here at the long overdue and eagerly awaited Ya-Ya function at the
>> fashionable (and now paid for) Marusak residence.  You and Robert both
>>     
> need
>   
>> a major fun, food and friends break.  Bring your swimsuit.  We gotcha
>> covered for everything else.  ;-)
>>
>> On 7/8/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Thanks Tricia.  I appreciate the prayers.  I know that I'll
>>>       
> eventually
>   
>>> get through this...and it just takes time.  But I feel like I get
>>> knocked back down everytime I come back up to recoup.  "This too
>>>       
> shall
>   
>>> pass"...right?  I sure hope so.....
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Patricia<pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
>>>       
> wrote:
>   
>>>> I am sorry Jesse that you are having so much to deal with right
>>>>         
> now.  I
>   
>>>> think of you and your loss of your sister all the time.  I can't
>>>>         
> imagine
>   
>>> how
>>>       
>>>> you must feel but I do want you to know that I care!  I am  praying
>>>>         
> for
>   
>>> you
>>>       
>>>> and your family.
>>>> Tricia
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell"
>>>>         
> <justjess01@gmail.com>
>   
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:52 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cats
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Ughhhhh...not sure I can handle a bad ending right now.  Had
>>>>>           
> enough of
>   
>>>>> the bad endings.  Last night I'm watching the 10:00 news before I
>>>>>           
> go
>   
>>>>> to bed...and my sister's name and picture flashes on the TV and
>>>>>           
> they
>   
>>>>> are talking about how they are going to make changes after her
>>>>> accident to keep it from happening again.  She was not the only
>>>>>           
> person
>   
>>>>> who drowned on that road.  It has been that way for YEARS.  My
>>>>>           
> parents
>   
>>>>> have to drive by that spot every day.  I don't know how they deal
>>>>>           
> with
>   
>>>>> it right now.
>>>>> I've just had back-to-back family tragedies the last two months
>>>>>           
> and it
>   
>>>>> has taken a toll on me...AND my husband.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Kitty<kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> It's good, but be prepared for the ending. It's realistic.
>>>>>> Kitty
>>>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell"
>>>>>>             
> <justjess01@gmail.com>
>   
>>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:04 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cats
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Wow...sounds like a good book.  I could use that right about
>>>>>>>               
> now.
>   
>>>>>>> Everything I have read lately has been so "heavy"...I need to
>>>>>>>               
> get out
>   
>>>>>>> of my own head for awhile.  Thanks for that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Kitty<kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> Darn, I thought you were going to say you got one, Jim.  Nice
>>>>>>>>                 
>>> article;
>>>       
>>>>>>>> enjoyed it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As to Egyptian deities, I read a book recently that made a
>>>>>>>>                 
> mention,
>   
>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> cat's point of view, how they felt about that.  If you get a
>>>>>>>>                 
> chance
>   
>>> to
>>>       
>>>>>>>> read
>>>>>>>> "Forest" by Sonya Hartnett, you'll be engrossed by it.  The
>>>>>>>>                 
> audio
>   
>>>>>>>> version
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> fantastic, read by Carolyn Lee.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> summary: "Kian, a cossetted suburban cat, is snatched from his
>>>>>>>>                 
>>> comforts
>>>       
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> dumped in the bush along with two kittens, Cally and Jem. The
>>>>>>>>                 
>>> greatest
>>>       
>>>>>>>> threat to their survival are other cats, ferals who fiercely
>>>>>>>>                 
> guard
>   
>>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>>> territories. Kian survives some unnerving and vicious
>>>>>>>>                 
> encounters but
>   
>>> is
>>>       
>>>>>>>> unswerving in his desire to make the long journey home to his
>>>>>>>>                 
>>> territory
>>>       
>>>>>>> even
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>> though it is apparent his owner is dead and that there will be
>>>>>>>>                 
> no
>   
>>>>>>>> welcome
>>>>>>>> from the cruel man who has taken over the house. Hartnett's
>>>>>>>>                 
> creation
>   
>>> of
>>>       
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> cat's point of view and her sensuous depiction of the forest is
>>>>>>>> exceptional
>>>>>>>> in its imagination, beauty and truth."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kitty
>>>>>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer"
>>>>>>>>                 
> <inlandjim1@q.com>
>   
>>>>>>>> To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:47 PM
>>>>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Cats
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>>>> A short but splendid article about cats.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>           
>>>       
> http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/in-scorn-and-praise-of-ca
> ts/?h
>   
>>>>>>> p
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>>>>> Inland Jim
>>>>>>>>> Willamette Valley
>>>>>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
>>>>>>>>> Elevation 148'
>>>>>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
>>>>>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
>>>>>>>>> Heat Zone 5
>>>>>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
>>>>>>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
>>>>>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
>>>>>>>>>
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>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX
>> zone 8A
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