Re: today

My DH seen a snake in our backyard and didn't go back out there for a
year......not sure if he got over it, but this week he was back out there and
decided to drain the pond and clean it.  I about died when I came home to
this.  Somehow I know this will end up to be my project and I really don't
have the time.....
 
Jim, I find it hard to believe with all the gardening you did in Florida that
you never touched a snake..... and equally impressed that you did touch a
gater.....now those are scary.
 
Donna

--- On Thu, 7/9/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:




I've never felt a snake. But one of the softest things I ever felt was the
belly of an alligator... not hard, not scaly, just soft, like the down on a
baby duck.


On Jul 9, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Daryl wrote:

> I've shrieked a couple of times - once when I almost put my hand on a snake
when I went to turn on the faucet, another time when I stepped on a rat in the
utility room.  It doesn't help - just leaves your throat raw. ;-)
>
> Truly, having the snake fall on me was such a novel experience I didn't have
time to react, and when I saw him slide off of my fingertips, I was more in
awe of his movement than frightened.
>
> d
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95
CS/SCOSI" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:26 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] today
>
>
>> OMG and you're still among us! I'd still have my hair standing on end
>> from that. In fact my vocal cords would probably not ever have
>> recovered. I bet they'd have heard me shriek in Australia.
>> I like snakes just fine...on the ground clearly visible, or under a rock
>> where I'm not likely to run across them unexpectedly.
>>
>> Cyndi
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>> Behalf Of Daryl
>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 3:27 PM
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] today
>>
>> Yes, that one was pretty slim, and only about 5' long. We've had fatter
>> ones
>> in the chicken coop, but I've never had them take eggs, or at least not
>> that
>> I noticed. There's often some variation among various days eggs -
>> sometimes
>> 10 sometimes 15. They really work at keeping the mice down, though.
>>
>> Have you ever had one fall on you from the rafters? I did one day. I was
>>
>> surprised by how warm it was as it fell on my head, then slid to my
>> shoulder
>> and down my arm before moving away.
>>
>> d
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 5:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] today
>>
>>
>>> THAT'S what my snake looks like..only bigger (and fatter now that he
>>> ate 3 of my eggs).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Daryl<dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> We had this lovely specimen in our kitchen a couple of years ago. I
>> was
>>>> able
>>>> to get him out of the house safely, before the cats hurt him.
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/Daryl.photos/SnakesAlive?authkey=Gv1sRgCLyHp
>> sqskdT2Rg&feat=directlink
>>>>
>>>> d
>>
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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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