Rattler

I don't know if you can clearly see this bad boy or not but it's a four foot rattler my son Gabriel was lucky enough to escape injury. The snake crawled very near to where he was working. Someone else killed it, thank goodness. Gabriel immediately sent me a photo. When I saw it, I nearly dropped my phone. Thank The Lord nobody was hurt!

Did I mention that I don't like anything that crawls, slithers, flies, creeps, gallops, flutters, etc. You get the picture and this snake was nowhere near me.  Eeeeeeeek!

It's Wild Around Here

Warning!!!   Warning!!!   Warning, Will Robinson!!!!  Okay, sorry I couldn't help myself with that opening from Lost In Space which was one of my favorite TV shows way back when. But seriously, if you're squeamish, look away NOW!!!

All the photos were taken with my iPhone. It's a handle thing since my camera is always misplaced.

 

As most of you know who follow me, I live in the country where there are plenty of wild things lurking about. In the above photo you are seeing a mole.......dead, thanks to my cousin Clark. This critter had been wrecking my yard for weeks leaving giant mole mounds. Clark is the local mole exterminator & he offered to "take him out" so to speak.

He did it!!! The mole was very crafty but Clark was patient. Look at the teeth on this thing....OMG!!!

I'm sure this isn't the end of my mole problem but it sure feels good to know that the granddaddy of all moles is no longer.  Thank You Clark!!!

Update:  Here's the latest photo of little "Show Girl," Showee for short. She stopped, posed for me, even started towards me in curiosity, then backed up. She's so funny to watch. Fairly soon afterwards she realized that her mom had moved off so off she dashed with her little tail in the air.

This beauty was fluttering about as I was gathering up some fallen branches after the big storm the other night. I was able to get quite close for the pic. This photo doesn't lend the beautiful coloring.

Finally, this is a photo of a branch/creek that fun thru the back forty. I'm thinking of doing a mini quilt from this pic.....if I have enough energy after all the hay baling.  We'll see.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and a nice Mother's Day.

Photos of the Week

I'm starting a new thing......again.....LOL
I've entitled it Photo or Photos of the Week. The reason being, I love taking photos, so I suppose I'm an amateur enthusiast.
I was outside the other day after a big rain and snapped these photos of mushrooms in a couple of stages of their transformations. I used my trusty iPhone for the deed.

I love the way this photo shows that little bit of sunlight off the greenery behind and just a little at the top of the mushroom.

In this photo, the mushroom has cracked open from beneath to release its spores for the next generation of mushrooms. The textures of the earth, grasses and the underside of the mushroom are fascinating to view.