Re: today / now snakes & such

As in five line or blue tail skink? They are lizards. I can't sit on my porch without several running out from under the chair cushions. 
zem
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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