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~~~Florida’s Annual Python Hunt~~~

~~~Florida’s Annual Python Hunt~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** It’s a thing….. It really is….. (***Largest Python Caught In Florida***) Spoiler Alert!…Simone…I have to tell you—as my friend—(I promised Simone I would warn her)….. ***Crap Simone!…Don’t Read This One!*** …..DON’T READ THIS POST…SIMONE…WHATEVER YOU DO…EXIT THIS POST NOW…(THERE ARE LOTS OF SNAKE PHOTOS!)….. …..(the title’s a real give-away)….. The Burmese Python is considered an invasive species here in Florida….. They do REALLY well in the Florida climate…they survive…they thrive…they get big and…

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Now…I’ll Admit It…

Now…I’ll Admit It…

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Well, it’s put back together and fixed. I didn’t fix it. But…..I was responsible for taking it apart in the first place. I was too embarrassed to ask for help. I had to make sure that if I was going to look foolish…..it had to be with people I respect….. …..with an expertise that I obviously didn’t have….. …..and tolerance for my numb-skullishness. You see, I took apart my .38 revolver to clean it….. …..it gets dirty in Patrice’s pocket…..and…

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~~~REPTICON…Nerd Central~~~

~~~REPTICON…Nerd Central~~~

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*****I should probably put a disclaimer here***** *****In this post there will be a butt-load of snake pictures***** *****(along with other creepy-crawly-things)***** *****This warning is especially meant for YOU, Simone***** *****Put your phone or computer down***** *****and pass this post by***** *****Better Yet………….RUN!***** To all of you alternative-pet nerds out there…..I should probably apologize….. …..pets take all forms….. …..I just like pets that are a bit more….. …..oh, I don’t know….. …..productive/interactive/vocal/furry/fluffy/warm/snuggly/and nice to pet….. …..and without beady eyes….. FYI:…

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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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And Repticon Rolls Around Again………..

And Repticon Rolls Around Again………..

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  Gee, wasn’t it just yesterday?   Gee Golly Gosh…………       It’s Repticon time…………….again… ………….so soon…? ………….weeeeeeeeeee………..!     I’m going with my nerd daughter………… wwwwhhhhooooppppeeeeeeee… Lizards, and tarantulas, and boas…………………     Oh, my…………………..       Just an observation here……………….you can’t brush their fur backwards like you can on a cat………………..   (I like aggravating my cats.) ………………would reptiles even notice if you tied a sock around their waist…………….?       Do they even have…

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Tractor Repair + Mowing = Snakes

Tractor Repair + Mowing = Snakes

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    Just briefly, I’ll re-visit the frustrations of breaking/then learning about & then repairing shear bolts on tractor apparatuses (sp?)……………………sigh… So, I did all that. My axle-grease-stained cuticles attest to it. Then I hooked up the bush hog to the tractor.   Then I “carefully” used the clutch to engage the *&%#%$&##&%* hog-thing. (For professing to be so delicate, it sure does make a lot of thumping and clanking on its own!) And then I mowed… And I mowed……

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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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Mother Nature/Respect is Required

Mother Nature/Respect is Required

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Well we made it through June.  We’re in July.  We can do it.  We can.  We can do it.  It’s an often-repeated Florida-resident’s summer chant & mantra.  We are at the stage where condensation starts to form on the inside of the glass windows in the house, and the air-conditioners are straining and molding.  This evening, just before sunset, I looked out the back window.  The setting sun made the trees an illuminated, florescent green, but behind them the sky…

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Stalag Coop—–#3

Stalag Coop—–#3

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So what do you do? You drop back and punt. How to make a nude-sunbathing porch now a re-purposed chicken coop into a safe, raccoon-free, opossum-free chicken sanctuary? We had the answer and it was just a matter of some adjunct wiring from the horse’s electric pasture fencing. We have a whopper of a fence charger. Really packs a punch………don’t I know (I get regular, unscheduled chiropractic adjustments from it). So with a little addition of some insulators and some…

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Stalag Coop——Part #2

Stalag Coop——Part #2

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So over the years we have had to recycle chicken names. We have had so many Rooster Cogburns and Henny Pennys and Henriettas and Pluckys and Cluckys. But sunning snakes in the front yard? Not a one. I have seen the hens running with small snakes in their beaks like they just snagged the best Blue Light Special at Kmart. I don’t ask questions. But with our flock comes the nighttime and not-so-nighttime critters looking for a chicken buffet handout….

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