Re: today / now snakes & such

OK, I give - what's a skink??

On 7/10/09, holmesbm@usit.net <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
>
> As a librarian, I had one in the library...the kids learned not to be
> afraid and that snakes are not slimey unless sick.
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: james singer <inlandjim1@q.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 7/10/2009 1:40:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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> > >
> > > 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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> > 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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