tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post7017500924574025287..comments2024-03-28T10:59:15.431-05:00Comments on Southern Lagniappe: A Close Encounter of the Worst KindSouthern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-43278889797598645762010-06-14T16:07:10.179-05:002010-06-14T16:07:10.179-05:00Kids just love water, don't they? And, how fa...Kids just love water, don't they? And, how fascinating it can be to them!<br /><br />Until a snake comes along and switches the focus! How scared you all must have been! Be careful. I don't think I would be sitting under that vine anymore!Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699862913139313405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-68867306498185299622010-06-14T10:41:40.596-05:002010-06-14T10:41:40.596-05:00I hate snakes, too, Janie, and I had one in the ga...I hate snakes, too, Janie, and I had one in the garage! My neighbor scolded me because it was a harmless corn snake but still! And Mr. Magpie was working in the flower bed (cutting out dead sections of the banana trees), and there was a corn snake in there. One interesting thing I just found out is that snakes are basically afraid of humans and will flee. I had some other snake (a black runner, also harmless) sunbathing in our topiaried podicarpus. (sp) He was on the top of it sunning himself. He hasn't been around lately, so I think maybe he met his demise. He also sunned himself on the steps to our back porch, and when my dog was alive, she came within a hair's breath of going toward him, when I screamed and he flew off. They race like the wind! They are harmless, but still! <br /><br />The pics of Avery are SO cute! I'm sorry your idyllic afternoon was spoiled by a snake. When I was little we had a yard man I used to call Uncle Leaf (his name was Uncle Lee), and after working he would take a nap under one of the shade trees in the yard. He was quite old. Well, one time I saw a snake slithering toward him from the tree and woke him up so the snake wouldn't get him. He told everyone I had saved his life, but I'm sure it was probably something harmless, too. However, now that I look back on it and am older, I probably did save his life because he might have been so scared to death if it had jumped on him! <br /><br />I wouldn't cut down the vine because of a snake, Janie, but I do understand. Truly I do.<br /><br />XO,<br /><br />SheilaThe Quintessential Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010105595059019883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-40610584543763952532010-06-14T09:20:24.607-05:002010-06-14T09:20:24.607-05:00What frightening incident on a beautiful day! So g...What frightening incident on a beautiful day! So glad you and your granddaughter were out of harm's way when the snakes dropped down.<br /><br />Our house in the USA back onto a wooded area with a creek. I once found a large snake, at least three yards long, in our garage. I chased it out by throwing pieces of wood after the poor thing. Later did I learn that it was a harmless water snake.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-8392208682562862792010-06-13T21:55:39.690-05:002010-06-13T21:55:39.690-05:00Wow Avery is a doll...But the snake OMG I don'...Wow Avery is a doll...But the snake OMG I don't think i could work in the yard for a while....Pat H9405018--Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11212767455976548473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-62233742470886240532010-06-13T08:56:19.029-05:002010-06-13T08:56:19.029-05:00Wow!! I haven't seen a snake in awhile. We use...Wow!! I haven't seen a snake in awhile. We used to see them all the time when my girls were growing up.<br /><br />There are some down by the water, at the lake. J has seen them, I haven't.<br /><br />Avery is beautiful and I love your photographs. They simply say summer fun!PAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891387278850772808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-80956010772425180712010-06-12T22:03:39.423-05:002010-06-12T22:03:39.423-05:00My goodness! I was thinking while reading this how...My goodness! I was thinking while reading this how the Lord had protected you two, like you said. I've only seen a couple of snakes in our yard, but I'm ALWAYS on the lookout for them.<br /><br />Avery looks like she was really enjoying the pool and the cool water. I'm glad you two got to at least have <i>some</i> happy-go-lucky fun before the snake appeared.Sheila (TCW)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10019997429120578160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-61142981282261823522010-06-12T19:05:28.682-05:002010-06-12T19:05:28.682-05:00Oh Janie just reading your story gave me the willi...Oh Janie just reading your story gave me the willies...what is it about them YUCK !!! <br /><br />Avery is just adorable...108 bless yor heart....that's HOT !!!<br /><br />Do you ever visit Kat over at Just a Beachkat...she had quite a snake story !!!<br /><br />All the best,<br />Kathy :)Kathy :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08007304020601010724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-25306807192194732622010-06-12T15:42:12.324-05:002010-06-12T15:42:12.324-05:00oh my gosh what a close call...so happy everything...oh my gosh what a close call...so happy everything was okay and it didn't effect Avery....last year I was cleaning out a flower beg by my front porch and found a 4 ft snake skin...made me act differently when cleaning out flowerbeds...Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745604261113221887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-37519984826119243472010-06-12T12:59:14.290-05:002010-06-12T12:59:14.290-05:00Wow..you went from "breathtaking" to hea...Wow..you went from "breathtaking" to heart-stopping with your snake experience. I have lived through several of these encounters of THE VERY WORST kind. Snake at front door mat, on the front arbor, and in the pergola in the wisteria. I<br />share your reluctance to even step out in the yard, but I do love my garden. Loved the pics of Avery as<br />always.Marlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292354710015395886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-26395488496188903922010-06-12T08:57:37.774-05:002010-06-12T08:57:37.774-05:00Your little Avery is a doll. I always worry about ...Your little Avery is a doll. I always worry about snakes in vines. I won't sit under the grape arbor in the back yard because I am always afraid there might be a snake in them. Birds nest in the vines and snakes love bird eggs & birds.<br />Our neighbor down the road walked out on his back porch to see what his dogs where barking at and was bite 3 times by a cotton mouth. It seems it had crawled on the porch and the dogs had it cornered and it was fighting mad, bite 2 of the dogs too. Seems for some reason they are going to houses and high areas more this year. Maybe they are hunting dry places to den.<br />Be safe and look good before touching anything.<br />MollyMarjorie (Molly) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876434453158175693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-833261075369524352010-06-12T08:12:30.109-05:002010-06-12T08:12:30.109-05:00We have lived on the lake for 30 years so I am con...We have lived on the lake for 30 years so I am constantly on the look out for snakes. Thankfully, I rarely see them. <br />Your granddaugter is beautiful and your pictures captured the fun she was having in the pool. <br />CarolynCarolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964496426456370797noreply@blogger.com