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4750. concerned - 4/20/2012 6:33:17 PM Then there's my rattlesnake handling session - with an endangered species, no less.
Perhaps I should have been warned of what might occur by the date: June 6, 2006. An omen, if ever there was one. Similarly to the Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig episode above, I was walking around my back yard looking at some of my tree seedlings, when I noticed some movement near the base of a small evergreen I had recently planted.
Well, lo and behold, it was a full grown rattlesnake laying there tangled up in some deer netting I had draped around the fir. I don't know what ever.... possessed (think 6/6/06).... the rattlesnake to get all wrapped up in the deer netting - maybe it was chasing some prey or something, but its front half was well and truly caught in the deer netting. When it noticed my close approach, it started rattling up a storm.
I thought it over a bit, then went back to the house, got my camera and a pair of shears. I thought I would try to save the snake's bacon by cutting it free while taking a few pictures just to document it.
This thing was really wrapped up in the deer netting. To try to get it free, I had to lift it clear of the ground to get at some of the deer netting that was holding it to the tree. Finally, I was able to cut it free of the tree, but I wasn't reckless enough to try to cut it free of all the deer netting - I mighta got bit. Of course, the snake was rattling like a castenet line throughout most of it, but it finally gave up on the rattling, probably because it realized I wasn't about to eat it although I'm sure I injured its self esteem by handling it so much without its being able to do anything about it.
After getting a couple more photos , I left the poor tangled up rattler to its own devices. Coming back the next day, it was gone - hopefully it was able to eventually extricate itself from the deer netting.
I considered telling the EPA about this, but thought better of it. Considering that I determined that the rattlesnake I was messing with was an endangered species (Missasauga Rattlesnake) and that I've seen also the endangered Hines Emerald Dragonfly on my property, plus me being a certified CO2 producer, they probably would have put my entire property on lockdown and thrown me in Gitmo. 4751. arkymalarky - 4/21/2012 6:20:16 AM Aw geez.
4752. arkymalarky - 4/21/2012 6:21:34 AM Well we heard the hogs but didn't see them. Not sure what we're gonna do yet. 4753. thoughtful - 4/22/2012 1:13:51 AM "Well we heard the hogs but didn't see them. Not sure what we're gonna do yet."
I have one thing to say....roast pork!!!
:) 4754. arkymalarky - 4/22/2012 3:35:36 AM Oh yes! I've talked to my kids about it and I could get someone to come get them and smoke us some of the meat. I didn't know, but they're getting to be a real problem around here and there are no restrictions on killing them. 4755. arkymalarky - 4/28/2012 6:16:17 PM Word about the hog(s) has us busy this morning. All the neighbors are stopping by with suggestions. Funny how the rural network functions. Someone saw one in our yard at 4am and said it was black with tusks. 4756. judithathome - 4/28/2012 6:26:14 PM Good thing I quit smoking! Can you imagine if I was up there for the gathering and went out to have a quick smoke and ran into THAT!!?? 4757. arkymalarky - 4/28/2012 6:41:32 PM Haha! Stan's showing this old man where the hog was and he's going to try to trap him so maybe there won't be a hog when y'all come! I will be disappointed if I don't get to see him! And sorta disappointed if y'all don't. ;) 4758. judithathome - 4/28/2012 7:51:50 PM Take pictures!! 4759. arkymalarky - 4/29/2012 3:10:04 PM If I get half a chance I most definitely will!
A little indigo bunting hit our window and died yesterday. :( 4760. arkymalarky - 5/30/2012 11:31:58 PM School is out and the birds are gone from the porch fan nest with no evidence of fowl play. We started our home to do list and in July we'll work on our CO home to do list. A big limb broke off the oak in front, so I hope the rest of the tree is okay. I need to post pics with this phone. 4761. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:30:20 PM I have two words wrt wallpaper:
Never Again
There may be a magically easy way to remove it, but that's not the method I found. I got the design off, but I'm painting over the paper that's left. When my money tree bears fruit, what (if any) doesn't get spent on the CO house will go to paying someone to fix this right. It's just trim in a small bathroom. Thank goodness I didn't put it anywhere else. 4762. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:46:12 PM Gonna see if this works:
my pictures4763. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:47:10 PM Well crap. 4764. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:47:40 PM https://picasaweb.google.com/109925493668644518960/Cmoon?authkey=Gv1sRgCNSvw9G71tTfQA 4765. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:52:22 PM pictures 4766. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 7:04:50 PM ![]()
4767. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 7:05:08 PM dammit 4768. arkymalarky - 6/14/2012 5:37:29 PM This has been a DIY summer, and last summer was too. We let so much stuff go for so long while I was doing rural Ed activism, having a hysterectomy, going to graduate school and getting national board certified, that our whole place was falling apart. Problem is we're not very handy, but we need to learn before we get to the CO house. 4769. arkymalarky - 6/16/2012 9:29:28 PM I added a video to that link
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