My flag this week.
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Remembering all those that died so we could enjoy what we have today,,, what would they say to us collectively right now I wonder..
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My flag this week.
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Remembering all those that died so we could enjoy what we have today,,, what would they say to us collectively right now I wonder..
Lovebugs are in fact not a May fly. They are a kind of March fly. The interesting thing about it is that they swarm in April and September. Seems like someone needs a new calendar. Maybe they're still using the Julian calendar.
Pantherophis alleghaniensis: yellow rat snake, juvenile
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Not a fan of things without legs, brrrrrr.
Few snakes up north happily.
Im with ya Mike. Snakes are not something i like at all. Ive had friends that had them as pets. If it was out of its cage i didnt go inside.
I have always found perplexing people who are afraid of snakes. A human is exponentially larger than most snakes AND they have no arms or legs. They are basically defenseless. What is there to be afraid of? :shrug:
There is that. Thing is a virus' small size helps it to hurt us. Unless it is venomous a snake has no way to hurt a human with very few exceptions. Even then they don't.prey on humans and only use their venom as a defensive mechanism. Even the large constricting snakes normally have very little interest in humans and unless they are extremely large pose little threat.
My grandfather used to say, "A snake won't hurt you but he'll make you hurt yourself." Fear of snakes is just irrational.
Case in point. This rat snake is not only of no danger to humans but also eats rodents like rats that spread disease, damage property and are just a general nusance. They do a great deal to help us and yet people still fear and harm them
We have black rat snakes. They are shy and tend to hang out in trees, so you don’t see them very often.
I came upon one sunning itself beside the foundation of our garage early in the summer. It was about the length of a piece of rebar and seemed about as thick as my forearm. By the time I recovered enough to get my phone out to take a picture, it had escaped into the tall grass.
We have no poisonous snakes around here, so I knew I was in no danger, but I still had the “it’s a snake” reaction.
A lot of scary things are a are small and harmless but they nearly all give me the heeby jeebies .
I was mowing the lawn a few weeks back and a big ol frog jumped out of the flower bed. My goodness ( or something like that) I backed up so fast that i ended up on my bum.
As a boy in Greenup Kentucky, I once saw a blue racer (snake). It was reared up in the field about 200 yards from me. We saw each other at the same time, but it reacted faster. It lit out towards me like a bullet out of a gun. I shattered my previous record in getting from the field into grandma’s house.
I can handle most snakes, but not that one. Spiders? Forget about it.
Time for the Christmas village. Department 56
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I agree. But some times you feel like you have to explain. Im guilty of it too. We should try to tame this a little more. Thanks for bringing it up, Tim.
Still, a nice pic, Slim.
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Unscented?????
Only before you use them.
Moose.Munch
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You can't make this stuff up. Both real places; first one in Lake City Florida the other in Orlando area (even more interesting when you know how they pronounce "pho"). Both pictures I took myself.
In one of the little town west of me there once was a FU KING chinese restaurant. It closed up after 6 months or so. I figured the name had something to do with it.
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I'm surprised that the one in Lake City has been around for so long. That is in rural North Florida which is still kind of part of the Bible Belt. Once you get down to where I am with the University and all that goes along with that it is very "progressive/left leaning" so you can say or do anything you want as long as it's not Christian or conservative.
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Charlie
What is on the right?
How do you get the onions not to split off the skewer?