I let the grass get thigh high and a rattlesnake moved into the chicken pen and returned to this particular spot under the water dispenser every night. The wide flat head told me what it was and its return to the same spot nightly told me it was not just passing through. I had let …
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Kiska
This is what happened. My coworker asked me if i wanted kittens. I said no. Then she asked me if i knew anyone who wanted kittens. I said actually my neighbor is looking for barn cats. I agreed to take the litter for my friend/neighbor as barn cats. He then said he has enough barn …
Kitten Season
Every year when it stops being so cold that it freezes at night and it hasnt yet become so hot that you can cook food by leaving it on the dashboard of your car and locking the doors…the feral barn cats have babies. Now, out here we have the large 50 lb wolf- like coyotes. …
Heritage Day in Town
The First Uninvited House Guest of the Year
The scorpions are back. Ready the salt canisters.
A Haircut in my Best Friend’s Kitchen
At some point in the past year my head started out bald. This was a situation that came about because of a thyroid medication that made my hair very brittle and each strand broke in half if you bent or touched it. Eventually i ended up looking like gollum from LOTR and i just had …
A Different Way
A pregnant coworker with a 1 year old at home who works full time turned around in her chair and folded her arms, “Tell me, cuz i want to know. I want to know what is so time consuming that you cant find time to fit in projects or sleep. I want to know what …
My First Salad from the Garden
On this day i decided to use up the lettuce as it was getting too hot to have it in the garden anymore. I made a little salad from lettuce, spinach, basil, and tomatoes from the garden. I added avocado and chickpeas from the fridge. It was pretty good with some vegan dressing and umami …
It’s Frog Season
I try to keep these guys away from the dogs but this time of year they’re everywhere. Occasionally one comes in throwing up white foam and i know they’ve picked up a frog of some sort. You’d think they’d learn but they never do. They just dont eat for a day and they throw up …
Not all Snakes are Bad Snakes
I hear a lot of coworkers that live in slightly larger more populated cities say, “the only good kind of snake is a dead snake”. Well that’s just cuz you live in a more landscaped developed area and you dont have a bunch of wide open tall-grass areas and you have little need of their …