Re: Now I know it's spring

Good Lord! I am not going to ask if that is why she
was number one....and had to be replaced...

I don't think I could live somewhere that I would have
to watch my back - so to speak - for natures critters
that could harm me. Lord knows I wouldn't last a month
with my tunnel vision when doing something....

Donna

--- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:

> Scary. Reminds me of the time wife number one
> thought a sunning 
> copperhead was our red-rubber garden hose and
> reached down to pick it 
> up!
> 
> On Mar 13, 2006, at 6:52 PM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> 
> > Saturday my granddaughter and I were walking the
> dogs in a grassy area 
> > when, much to my horror, I spotted a copper head
> about 2-1/2 feet long 
> > just lying there having a sun bath.  I quickly
> called my older dog, 
> > who was not on a leash, and pulled Otis away.  He,
> of course, was very 
> > disappointed to have missed whatever it was that
> got me so animated.  
> > The snake didn't even notice us, and I'm sure he
> wouldn't have cared 
> > if he did.  They are pretty lethargic this time of
> the year.  Just 
> > made me realize I need to be extra careful when
> handling pots at the 
> > nursery.
> > zem
> > zone 7
> > West TN
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" 
> > <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > To: "Garden Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 12:40 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] Now I know it's spring
> >
> >
> >> I've always relied on the mockingbirds to tell me
> when spring is 
> >> really here. I was in the parking lot at the bank
> today--trying to 
> >> find the end of my seat-belt so I could buckle it
> and avoid going to 
> >> prison for an indeterminate sentence--when I
> heard this terrible 
> >> ruckus. I looked up to see a feisty mockingbird
> kicking the crap out 
> >> of a crow in mid-air. The crow was about ten
> times the size of the 
> >> mockingbird. It was a classic battle, like a
> Saracen on his Arabian 
> >> pony attacking a crusader on his plough horse.
> Yep, spring's here for 
> >> certain.
> >>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>
> >>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> 
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