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Next to tornados…
…I like snakes best!
Don’t get me wrong here folks. I am a nature-loving man of kind heart, respectful spirit, and all-God’s-creatures compassion…except when it comes to snakes.
Realize, I don’t even do slinky, slimy reptiles at the zoo. I figure we’re both better off without my screaming like a little school girl at them on the other side of the glass.
I don’t know how I got this phobia, but it’s been with me for quite sometime. Maybe it was that time on a Boy Scout weekend campout when I decided to climb this big ol’ Cottonwood tree next to our campsite and along side the creek. I got to that first branch – at least 100′ in the air don’t you know – when I came face-to-face with a King snake coiled up like Kaa the Python from a classic movie of my youth.
Needless to say, I was on the ground pretty darn quick – haven’t been the same since.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Comfort
There are many comforts….
Kettling Growling
Something special was afforded me on our Canadian fishing trip this time. Not only did the four of us (dad and sons/brothers) get to spend time together, as a photographer I got to snap over 1500 photos in 5 days.
But perhaps the best part of it was when long-time guide Brian (Parker) at Halley’s Camps/Kettle Falls came up to me at the end of Fishing Day 3 with a proposition. It was one I could not refuse….
Naturally
With a Sunday to myself and the temperatures hovering around 100° at 12:30 p.m., guess what?
I went for a hike in the woods….
An afternoon was spent at the Fort Worth Nature Center. I attended a 2-hour talk and walk about North Texas Prairies given by a young lady with an education in prairie management. She works the weekends part time at the Nature Center doing outreach learning and eduction. Me and 7 others braved the heat and got smarter.
Take a Hike
Hey y’all! Today is National Trails Day…can you believe it? Have you gone out and hiked or biked a trail yet?
Well I did. This morning I hip-wiggled into my flattering padded tush biking shorts, pumped up the tires and took off for a 6-mile ride on a City trail along the lake edge.
It will never cease to amaze me the things you can see and hear when you’re not motoring. I will always appreciate the natural stuff and truly let its grasp take hold of me. That is until I happen upon a snake (or vice versa).
If that were to happen (a snake and me encounter), well…I’m either going to pity the snake for the panicked wild man wrath about to be unleashed upon it…after the fact, or if someone is with me heaven forbid they get in my way during a hasty, Katy-bar-the-door, asses-n-elbows, Monty Python “run away” retreat. Did I ever mention when confronted by a snake, the kind of snake makes no difference, this blogger can run a whole lot faster than he can bicycle? “Drop the bicycle and RUUUUUNNNNNN!”
But there were no snakes seen today (and you thought you were gonna get a Tim-got-scared snake story didn’t ya? HA!).
Watch out for low-flying insects
An email funny was read this morning that had kindergarten kids describing “grandparents”. One kid said, “when they take us for walks, they slow down past things like pretty leaves and caterpillars”.
I guess it’s OK to act like a grandparent (I’m not one BTW) for the time being…OK since I stop at many of the plants and bugs along the way these days.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Wildlife
I’ve got a few wildlife pictures…all wild in their own right.
Ducks on a Pond
Actually it was Lewisville Lake. These guys were quite entertaining – I gave up on them before they tired of me.
Well Hello Again
Sometimes, I swear (not really)…all I can do is shake my head and clear the frog in my throat. From National Geographic Daily News comes this: Photos: Bubble-nest Frog, Other “Extinct” Species Found.
“They”…found…extinct…frogs? Alive? Then wouldn’t that make them un-extinct? Wait, were they not no nevermind ever extinct, right?
Sunday morning stop
I thought I had left the house this morning with plenty of time to drive to, park, walk in, and find a seat in church before the service started. Not this morning!
No more than 1/4 mile from the house, in a thick fog, I came to a complete stop on Main Street. Turkeys were crossing the road at a low creek crossing. It was pretty cool. Continue reading “Sunday morning stop”
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