Let me preface this by pointing out that we have a deaf, epileptic Great Dane, a one-eyed cat, and a slew of young cats outside that we just haven't been able to part with. Love for animals abounds here.
It seems we have a critter fest going on around here lately.
In mid-September there was the Great Goose Massacre courtesy of a visiting alligator. Two weeks ago we had the Invasion of the Bees that left nearly 100 dead bees in its wake. Last week was the Demise of the Rattler.
Alan heard a strange sound when he walked out on the porch last Sunday. He thought at first that it was a large dragonfly caught in the screen. It turns out that it was a rattle snake, coiled up and ready to strike. He says that he will never get the rattling sound out of his head, but I think he was a bit more freaked out at the thought of watching one of the kittens get struck by the snake. (Bonsai was apparently completely willing to risk his life to investigate the snake.)
His first words to me when he picked me up from the airport were, "I'm glad I bought that rifle."
The word on the telephone now is that no one wants to come visit us anymore. That's all it took to keep people away? (Just kidding...we LOVE having visitors and it's very safe here.)
It seems we have a critter fest going on around here lately.
In mid-September there was the Great Goose Massacre courtesy of a visiting alligator. Two weeks ago we had the Invasion of the Bees that left nearly 100 dead bees in its wake. Last week was the Demise of the Rattler.
Alan heard a strange sound when he walked out on the porch last Sunday. He thought at first that it was a large dragonfly caught in the screen. It turns out that it was a rattle snake, coiled up and ready to strike. He says that he will never get the rattling sound out of his head, but I think he was a bit more freaked out at the thought of watching one of the kittens get struck by the snake. (Bonsai was apparently completely willing to risk his life to investigate the snake.)
His first words to me when he picked me up from the airport were, "I'm glad I bought that rifle."
The word on the telephone now is that no one wants to come visit us anymore. That's all it took to keep people away? (Just kidding...we LOVE having visitors and it's very safe here.)
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