Re: today

Used to be a big one that hung around the plantation. It ate squirrels, which was okay by me. 

On Jul 9, 2009, at 8:36 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:


Well, in defense of my mother in law killing one - it had eaten 20
eggs!  They had 9 children in that family and relied on the eggs for
food...and she wasn't about to let it get by with eating 20 of her
eggs.  Some of those chicken/rat snakes can get HUGE!!  My mother
killed one when I lived out on the farm in Enid, Oklahoma.  She didn't
know what kind of snake it was, but it was slithering up the pole on
our swing set and was already at the top of the swingset...and it's
tail had not even left the grass yet.  Dad said it was about 8 feet
long...and was upset that mom killed it.  He would have put it in the
barn to eat the mice.


On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95
CS/SCOSI<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> 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


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