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…AND THE STORY GOES ON & ON…

…AND THE STORY GOES ON & ON…

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* This is the Continued Saga…of “Mr. Snake~~Our House Snake”….. As you already know…Mr. Snake was NOT in the plastic bin when he was originally going to be re-homed at Doctor Brigid’s farm….. And Yes…apparently…Mr. Snake has been (unbeknownst to us) inhabiting our house for the past week….. The only individuals who tried to alert us (as to Mr. Snake’s whereabouts) were the Jack Russell and the Papillon….. Six adult Irish Wolfhounds and eight…

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~Our Predacious Swamp~

~Our Predacious Swamp~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* First………….here’s a little up-date….. …..No Snakes have been found in our house (or my lingerie drawer)….. …..No Snakes have been found in or around Doctor Brigid’s car….. …..No identifiable carcass smells have wafted up in the good doctor’s car…or from under our couch….. …..so that’s a Win–Win?–(Right?)….. There was an instance two days ago…when Danny (my younger daughter’s Papillon)…started barking his face off at something that was under her bed….. I thought that…

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!!!ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!

!!!ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* My daughters and I were recently relaxing in the den….. We were enjoying a weekend afternoon of old movies….. …..and then…believe it or not….. My older daughter spotted a snake’s head peeking out from under the couch…where my younger daughter and I were relaxing….. …..!!!!!!!???!!!!!!!….. …..WHAT!!!??!!!….. …..EEWWW!!!….. Once the excessive shock wore off…(and after we were all done freezing in place)…something had to be done….. The situation did beg one to ask………….where did…

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Snakes On A Plane!

Snakes On A Plane!

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Nope…it’s not really “Snakes On A Plane”!….. …..it’s more like…”Snakes In The Coop”!….. …..again….. And my reactive vocabulary was strikingly the same….. …..(and not printable)….. I thought we might eke through this summer without being up close & personal with any snakes….. But…alas…it was not meant to be….. Unfortunately…chickens attract predators….. They seem to run around cackling and wearing sandwich-signs saying they are available as tasty/crunchy treats….. They’re considered the personal drive-thru snack…

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Embracing The Scavenger Within

Embracing The Scavenger Within

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I had to follow up on my last post….. My older daughter & I did go out in “the back”….. …..we went back there with the intention of checking on the “status” of the late Isabella’s and Optimus Prime’s carcasses….. Vultures and buzzards have a necessary role to play in the world….. And the vultures have been very busy birds here….. …..a lot of people don’t like them….. …..we just refer to them as~~~”The Boys”~~~(my father started that label…..and it’s…

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~~~The Daily Egg Hunt~~~

~~~The Daily Egg Hunt~~~

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*****Disclaimer To My Friends***** *****There Will Be Snake Photos In This Post***** (…..there I feel better now…..) (…..I have a few squeamish friends…..) It’s that time of year when my biddies (the chickens…..not my friends) are warming up to more egg production… It conveniently coincides with Spring Egg Celebrations like Easter… Being that my hens are all truly free-range…..that means they can lay their eggs just about anywhere… A daily egg-search is a must……. …..on top of the generator……. …..in…

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San Antonio, Florida~~Annual Rattlesnake Festival

San Antonio, Florida~~Annual Rattlesnake Festival

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Just another day at the oasis in the swamp… But here are a couple basics that always occur… At this time of year……. …..you always wear boots……. …..and you always shuffle your feet when outside feeding & tending to everybody in the pastures… Why? Well, it seems to be the time of year when the snakes are more “active”… …..maybe they are looking for a good place to settle in for the up-coming colder weather…….? I don’t know… …..but you…

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It’s Pyro-Technic-Time!!!

It’s Pyro-Technic-Time!!!

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  It’s time for Florida’s three days of cold.  I have seven cords of wood. I’m ready. I spent a day with the front-end-loader picking up and stacking firewood.  I’ve knocked off carpenter ants, red ants, worms, chameleons that aren’t chameleons (but I can’t remember what they are actually called).  I wore gloves and boots and the weather was cool-ish, so the likely-hood of highly interactive, poisonous snakes was on the low side.  But I kept my one-good-eye peeled for…

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