who's got who?

it may appear that Mr. Snake caught himself some dinner but if you look real close you can see that the gecko has got the snake by the tale! makes me wonder who started this war. i'm think'n the snake has got the upper hand on this one. With the snake season on the horizon i have been extra cautious, scanning the ground any time I hear a noise or see a movement out the corner of my eye. I was relaxing in one of Lynn’s old recliner chairs we brought down to make the wooden hut a little more cozy, enjoying a good book, when I noticed these two battling to the death by the front entrance to the wooden hut.

aaahhhhooo! that's nasty. we enjoyed watching the snake tackle his pray over the last 20min but now it was time for Nat and I to join Lynn and Dwight for dinner. i said we should kill it before we go but Nat was sure it wouldn't be moving after a dinner that large and that we could kill it when we got back. we left. eat some delicious pizza (and Nat's famous cabbage salad!) had some good conversations and headed home.... no snake..... not good.

this little fella has been living live in peace on our screen window for the last few days. he was too grows to touch and i didn't have the heart to kill him so i just left him in peace. you don't bother me and i wont bother you. but today he decided to venture out of the confined space of our 2f by 4f widow to explore the counter top. sorry buddy but this is my turf. you gotta go. i found a long stick and set my friend free.

i've been finding more and more of these as the weather worms. i am really not looking forward to the season of bugs but i guess you have to accept the good, bad and the disgustingly ugly no matter where you live. with all the snakes i have seen, spiders i have killed, rats i have heard, seen and tried to kill (o.k so i did more screaming than swatting but at least i wasn't running for a chair) i would say that i am starting to get used to all of God's beautiful creatures. or at least learning to live with them.

Nat and Lynn don't seem to have a problem with the bug season. they seem to be enjoying scrolling through Lynn's book on sakes to see what kind of snake this one is. unlike the last snake this guy didn't escape death.

o.k, so here are a few this to look forward to this summer. i didn't take these photo's but the birds i have seen defiantly have this vibrancy of color. and there singing is the most pleasant to wake up to in the morning.