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3118. thoughtful - 5/28/2005 4:49:25 PM In front of our house, the azaleas are in full bloom
These protected by a foo dog
 3119. judithathome - 5/28/2005 8:11:25 PM My hypericam coris bushes are in full and hardy bloom...looks like a blanket of yellow flowers. Sadly, I don't have a digital camera. The bushes are 50 years old and Keoni cuts them back every year, giving me heart failure for fear they will die off. But they come back, healthier than ever. 3120. judithathome - 5/28/2005 8:12:00 PM Great pictures, Pelle and Thoughtful! 3121. Marc-Albert - 5/29/2005 12:38:58 AM It is probably dying, but slowly.
Aren't we all. I'm sure your gigantic hoya has had a happy, sheltered life, Pelle.
3122. prolph - 5/29/2005 2:10:23 AM Thanks all for the pretty pictures; I lurk oftem just to see them.
Thougtful yoo appearto be living in a botanicl garden;
Lady buggs, Patsy 3123. thoughtful - 5/29/2005 12:57:54 PM Thanks Patsy...always nice to hear from you! 3124. thoughtful - 5/29/2005 4:15:48 PM Made rachel ray's veal marasala for dinner last night...man did it come out delish!!!
3125. Magoseph - 5/29/2005 4:33:20 PM I just read the recipe-seems easy to make, even for me. 3126. thoughtful - 5/29/2005 5:19:22 PM I love rachel ray because her food is quick, easy and very tasty, and reasonably healthy. I started cooking by around 6:15 last night and had dinner on the table before 7...and that was with a recipe i never tried and post-vino! 3127. ronski - 6/6/2005 5:12:44 AM Happy hanging basket, with petunias, on our deck:
3128. arkymalarky - 6/7/2005 10:05:20 PM On our front porch:
Bob wanted it down, but the birds had already nested before he could stop it, and he didn't have the heart to disrupt them. 3129. arkymalarky - 6/7/2005 10:22:06 PM An interesting encounter in the yard yesterday:
 3130. Macnas - 6/8/2005 4:39:25 PM I was at a steam rally at the weekend. I'll try and post some pictures tomorrow. 3131. alistairconnor - 6/8/2005 4:44:31 PM What variety of snake is that, Arky? Anything derogatory?
There's been a beautiful big viper seen down by our stream. I haven't seen one for years. 3132. robertjayb - 6/8/2005 5:04:45 PM A black rat snake is my guess. No wonder your birds are nesting high. 3133. Ms. No - 6/8/2005 5:27:43 PM Wow, I've lived in the city way too long. I'd completely forgotten about snakes. I'm amazed again that my brother and I lived through childhood. Sure, we'd been warned about waterholes and Cottonmouths and to be on the lookout for Copperheads, but I never saw a Cottonmouth. Hell, I never saw a Copperhead, either, that my father didn't see first and kill.
Garter snakes, King snakes and for some reason the Hooded Cobra (not native to the Carolinas) were the subject of many a childhood tale. "Jimmy caught a Garter snake, come see...." or "My cousin, Joe, saved a neighbor kid's life because he knew the King Snake the kid was poking at was really a Coral Snake" or "Did you see something move over there? It looked like a Hooded Cobra. I heard one escaped from the zoo down to Atlanta and it was pregnant!!"
It's hard to believe that I haven't thought about the presence of snakes when stepping outside in more than 15 years. 3134. PelleNilsson - 6/8/2005 6:09:54 PM Some years ago we had a fine fat viper at the cottage. It was there for a couple of weeks, probably digesting its latest catch. Otherwise we seldom see them, and then always in the spring when they are a bit stiff and slow-moving. Here, all kinds of snakes are on the list of protected species. 3135. arkymalarky - 6/8/2005 6:30:39 PM Yep, just a plain old black snake.
No wonder your birds are nesting high.
Mockingbirds made the mistake of nesting in a low shrub in the back yard and they're how we found the snake--one was attacking it. Unfortunately, they didn't account for Mojo, who grabbed their first fledgling as soon as it hit the ground, before Bob even knew what was going on. 3136. arkymalarky - 6/8/2005 6:31:28 PM I imagine Mojo will get the swift fledglings too, which I hate, but I don't know what to do about it. 3137. thoughtful - 6/9/2005 4:17:54 PM Reminded me of when I was a kid, for whatever reason, one year our yard in the back was full of black snakes. I used to go down and check them out, until after the babies were born and started growing. There were so many that I literally almost lost my balance trying to walk among them ever so carefully without treading on one.
We also had cotton mouth and copper heads, but I saw them only rarely over the years. When the pond was being redredged, the fellow did say he also saw an eel, which was a surprise. We also had snapping turtles as well as box turtles and painted ones too.
And we'd see the occasional muskrat...a bit of a menace as the ground above their tunnels would collapse leaving holes that were great for ankle sprains.
So many critters.
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