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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 05:38:59 AM
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We went on a picnic/hike on Saturday at our local nature preserve. Justin, always with that Ipad taking photos fell back a long the trail to take some photos. When Violet went back to get him, he was lying on the ground taking pictures (you know, always a perfect shot!!!  )
When we got home, he did his usual editing to see if he'd captured anything good and came running out of the house to where Violet and I were planting pansies and said, "I'm so creeped out right now!!!!"
Can you see why?
That old adage is true--"if it was a snake, it would have bit me!!!" I'm sure glad it didn't 
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9783 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 05:44:12 AM
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OMGosh! I hate those. Gives me the heebie jeebies just seeing it in the photo!
Wonder what kind it is?
farm girl sister#43
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 05:48:55 AM
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I have no idea, Denise--it's creepy, though, right? Especially that he didn't even know he was lying right on top of it with his camera!!!
I was going to look and see what types of snakes are native (other than the black rat and garter snake). We have quite a few here, but this was in a deep wood near the river, so they have different "inhabitants" :)
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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Emily Anna
True Blue Farmgirl
863 Posts
Emily
Fort Atkinson
WI
USA
863 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 06:12:57 AM
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I love snakes! The whole thing kind of made me giggle....only because Justin didn't get bitten. I can see Justin enjoying all of natures beauty, snapping away trying to get some great shots. Everything is fine and dandy until he goes to edit. Would have loved to see the look on his face when he realized he had an unwelcome guest. Well, now he has a great picture with an even better story behind it!
Emily |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 06:16:38 AM
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I don't mind them, but they do give me a start initially--I just figure they're as afraid of me as I am of them so I respect their boundaries :)...it is pretty funny, though, Emily Anna and he came running out of that house yelling, "Jon, Jon!!!! I'm so creeped out right now!!! You gotta look at this!"
I'm sure that snake is thinking, "of course, the first warm day of the year when I'm out here, minding my own business, along come the nature lovers!"
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 06:50:55 AM
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This, my friends, is why I live in Wyoming. Its too cold here for snakes!
Sherone
Farmgirl Sister #1682
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 07:47:46 AM
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<Gasp!> Oh my dear... Thank goodness everyone was okay!!
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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marlee
True Blue Farmgirl
1650 Posts
Marlene
DeRidder
Louisiana
1650 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 10:34:38 AM
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WOW, WOW, Oh Wow!! I have seen big snakes here. But I think that one was a lot bigger! LOL
Marlee
God is the painter, he paints the picture. And his son builds it, for he is the Master Carpenter!
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 10:55:55 AM
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I've tried using the link Annika gave, but I don't see "anyone" who looks like this guy. Could be it's a juvenile or just been down under the ground for too long and doesn't have his "tan" yet...either way, yes, hje's a fat bugger, Mary Beth, but Marlee, there's no way this guy tops some of your snakes in Louisiana--at least, the ones I DO NOT want to see :)
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 11:49:37 AM
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I bet Justin will look around a bit more carefully before having a photo session There was the time that I was camping and I went behind a bush for a ~ ahem ~ moment of privacy, and there was this HUGE rattler laying on a sunny log. I decided that I would find another bush far, far from this one and I don't think I've ever ran so fast in my life!
You must do the thing you think you cannot do
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Annika
Farmgirl & Sister #13
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Apr 09 2013 : 12:09:25 PM
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Annika, I'm afraid that pee would have crawled right back up inside of me right quick! I am sometimes so paralyzed by fear, though, that I can't move. I would hope that, if caught in that situation, I could have hightailed it out of those woods!
Yes, I think when in the woods from now on out, he'll be a little more aware of his surroundings!
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17480 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17480 Posts |
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
985 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2013 : 04:28:05 AM
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Only snakes we have in Maine are nonvenomous ...grass and garter but still wouldn't want to get bitten by one. Don't want infection. My gsp dog is death on snakes. One observation ...have you ever noticed that all mammals hate snakes? Dogs, cat's, horses, birds (nonmammalian) etc. Quite interesting if you believe in the garden of Eden.
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2013 : 05:42:53 AM
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Lorena, that is an interesting observation. My old husky, Lily, used to always try to catch the garter snakes, but they would "curl" up in her mouth and it would freak her out and she would drop them. Personally, I've noticed a few "new" types around our house of late and that gives me the creeps.
We have venemous snakes in Kentucky, but they are largely relegated to the lower Eastern and Western parts of the state, and near the rivers. Cottonmouth being the most prevalent. I too would hate to get bit by them.
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
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