Little Critters and a Whatchamacallit
We finally went out geocaching last weekend. We hibernated most of the winter but there was a really nice day (It’s raining and snowing again now!) and we couldn’t resist. We were walking through a marsh when we discovered the little snake I showed you a couple of days ago.
Haden loves any creature and is not afraid of any of them. He has been bringing me all kinds of things for years. One morning, when he was two and woke up before me, he went into the backyard with his older sister. It wasn’t long before he was at my bedside and I was waking up to a scratching noise. He had a tiny mole in a cardboard box and was tipping it towards me to ask what it was.
Another morning he woke me up to tell me (around his pacifier) that a baby kangaroo is a joey (He watches the Discovery Channel). When he was four the whole family went to White Water in Branson and as we were leaving we lost him. We all split up looking for him, in a panic and he had no clue he had even been lost. He was too busy pointing at the ants he was hunched over, watching on the sidewalk.
We have had our share of frogs, snakes, bees, lizards, etc brought into the house in some sort of container. So you would think I would be used to it by now. But still, when the snake was doing things like this:
And this:
His tongue is out, and he looks perturbed pissed! I happily handed the camera over to Dennis.
Even though he was very well contained by my gentle-handed son.
Waiver: No snakes were harmed in the taking of these photos and while said snake slithered happily away when released, I quickly dashed the other way. Thanx for all those crunches guys, I think they helped me run faster.
Now on to more pleasant things. Anyone venture a guess as to what this is?
I have no idea what that photo is, but I loved the ones of the snake. My
daughter and her friend have been chasing and catching garter snakes this
week.
Those snake photos are absolutely fantastic. I used to have a snake as a
kid and I could never understand why everyone was afraid of him.
Lisa....you can keep your snakes. I just can't be near a snake! Although
I did attend that one rattlesnake convention in Alamagordo....it's not
something I'll ever repeat!! I get a little creeped out just thinking
about it!!
Oh Lisa, your pics have a very good quality! But I hate snakes .They are
scary and I have fear!
That is so funny. When we were outgeocaching last weekend my daughter had
an encounter with a snake too. She ofcourse was alittle freaked out. There
for the snake got freaked out. Lost our on a great photo op because my
little man threw a piece of wood at it. and pissed it off.
Have a nice time at the dells.
Sarah
Your new header is wonderful, I love it! but did you have to post snakes
again!!
Awesome pics. My son would appreciate them...lol
I don't mind snakes...that little guy was actually kind of cute!
What a great tongue shot!
My boys would play with the snake. Not me, no way.
There is a geocaching spot on Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh, we actually
stumbled upon it when we were fishing one day.
As for the thing, it almost looks like an old clasp or locking handle for
something.
Are you going to tell us, eventually?
I love that shot with his cute little tongue sticking out! Yes, it is
cute. It's only a garter snake for Pete's sake!
GIRL....YIKES!!! That is CRAZY!
As long as you don't post any pics of spiders I'm okay. Is the mystery
object a rusty old folding table?
the photos are very lovely! but I have fear of snakes! when i was young, a
snakes fell on my head...it was terrible for me.
p.s. your baby is adorable!
bye! mary
www.merinica.blogspot.com
Awwwww.....he's a cute little thing. My son would love to hold him too.
Your shots make me embarrassed to even post a photo. I can not tell you how
much I love the photo with the sweet baby snake sticking its tongue out.
The clarity, the color. They took a fox snake out for me to hold at the
zoo once. Cool. I love snakes, especially our mostly non poisonous ones.
Wow! Those snake photos are spectacular...and this is coming from someone
who is afraid of snakes!!!
I don't why that looks like a sprinkler to me but it does. That tongue
shot was fabu!!!
Yew!!! Oh, just YEW!!!!! Ick, Phew... YEW!!!
The tongue was fantastic!
I am posting a comment for Aims. She says she is a big chicken. I mean
she says to say thank you very much for the warning of a snake in your post
but would have to scan by the snakes to click on the comment so she is
sending a wonderful lady over here to comment for her. That would be me in
case you're wondering who the wonderful lady is. Snakes disturb Aims very
much....or Aims is very disturbed?.....don't tell her I said that....that
she couldn't even scan by the snakes to hit the comment button. I say she
is a big scaredy cat chicken. But don't tell her I said that either. I'm
just the messenger. Aims says hugs and all that squishy stuff. I'm not
kissing you though.
The snake with the tongue out is priceless. I guess it was just as curious
of you as you were of it. What a great shot!
Even though snakes are not my favorite animals either.
These shots are awesome :)
EEEEK A SNAKE! Feel like I just said that a minute ago -- oh yeah, I did!
::Running away fast again::
that looks like the rusty spit hole (or whatever it is called) on a brass
instrument.
Well, the snake is harmless...but that still won't get him
anywhere close to my fingers. My best childhood friend had no qualms about
picking up snakes. They STUNK!!
I LOVE the pic of the snake with his tongue out. That is awesome!!!
The last photo looks like a clasp or hook for something, like rope or wire
for fencing maybe. I love little snakes. That one is adorable. He wasn't
angry, he was sticking out his tongue to smell you.