Re: today

According to the "herps" (herpatologists?) at the zoo...I need to take
him 4-5 miles away to keep him from coming back to my chicken house.
Wow.  That's a long way for something that slithers....


On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:46 PM, james singer<inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 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
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>>>>>>>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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> Inland Jim
> Willamette Valley
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> Elevation 148'
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> Heat Zone 5
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