Re: today

Strange... I probably did when I was a kid. I was always sticking toads and lizards in my pocket. But I don't remember snakes. 


On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:13 PM, Donna wrote:


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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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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