Re: today

Oh gee, I thought most libraries, if they had pets, had cats.
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: <holmesbm@usit.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] today



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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