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| This hog nose snake checked into the Hotel California. For those who don't know the Eagles song, "you can check in anytime, but you can never leave." |
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| It was at least 2.5 feet long, the biggest hog nose I've ever seen. Couldn't pull it out, so I had to do "surgery". The red-shouldered hawk that has been hanging around the garden may find it. If not, the vultures surely will. |
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| A blue and green evening. |
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| Photo doesn't do it justice. |
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| Gentle rain soon to follow. |
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| Wonder what it is like to be perched atop a high-power transmission line when a storm is going overhead (little black specks on tower are vultures)? |
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| Everything has turned green. |
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And yellow.
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| The 2-Flowered Cynthias have taken over. |
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| The deer won round 1 last year, eating everything except the pumpkins. We sure enjoyed those pumpkins, though. I never knew that they tasted so good, with just butter and salt. We'll be planting more this year. And we should be able to get a good harvest now that our deer-proof fence is up. |
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| Farmhand Mark designed the fence; Richard, James, and Mark drilled the holes and set the posts. Mama and Mark put up the wire fence, gate, and strung the lines above the fence. The fence measures 60 feet wide and 80 feet in length. Got 8 rows of corn, 8 tomato plants, and 6 rows of okra planted. Still a lot left to plant. |
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| Took the deer netting down from around the fruit trees so that I could mow and prune the trees. We have some peaches, nectarines, plums, pears, and apples forming. The deer killed 2 of 3 fig trees. Might have to get a dog, or two. |
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| The Wall of Wood |
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| Before I'm finished splitting up the tree I cut down several weeks ago, the wall will be two rows deep. Then I'll start another wall on the other side of the carport. |
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| I am almost 1/2 way through the tree. It was a red oak, at least 90 years old. Must have gotten struck by lightning. It will provide many nice campfires next year. |
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| This is the largest chicken egg I have ever seen. It is amazing that the chicken who laid it is still alive. |
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| The egg to the right is the size of some of the jumbos sold at the store. |
