BUMPS & SNAKES

“ARE YOU SCARED?”

“DO YOU HAVE A GUN?”

“IS THERE ANY WILDLIFE?”

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE GET FROM FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS ABOUT LIVING ALONE IN THE SECULDED BLACK MOUNTAINS.

HONESTLY WE’RE FINE AND BOTH LOV’IN IT !!!  MARY STARTS HER DAY WITH A MORNING HIKE IN THE DESERT.

HERE IS WHAT SHE BROUGHT HOME YESTERDAY…..

OUCH !!!  THAT’S GOT TO HURT !!!

AND TODAY?  SHE ASKS ME TO COME OUTSIDE AND SHE SHAKES OUT HER BACKPACK ON THE PATIO, AND OUT FALLS THIS RATTLE SNAKE.

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SNAKES, YOU’RE LOOKING TO COUNT THE RATTLES TO SEE HOW BIG AND HOW OLD THIS RATTLE SNAKE REALLY IS?  IT’S PRETTY YOUNG AND WAS JUST OVER A FOOT LONG.  MARY FOUND IT DEAD, AND BROUGHT IT HOME TO SHOW ME AS A REMINDER THAT THE SNAKES ARE OUT THERE.