looking at cherry blossoms as a bumblebee might
divining the cryptic patterns of moths
wandering along creeks
practising my snake-charming skills*
resisting the urge to walk barefoot among the violets and bluets
letting the sun kiss my shoulders
imagining a visit to the Grand Canyon and deciding other places call to me more
watching bats weave their twilight magic across Venus and a sinking Orion
debating my future
feeling like the fifth wheel on a car gone crazily off course
cheering for a rookie
muddying my bare feet to save my shoes
discovering a pair of eagles soaring among dogwood flowers
hyperventilating on a train trestle
the scope’s okay despite its crazy cartwheel into the river below!
eating s’mores
watching Spring spread across the treetops
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Anything fun for you lately?
*If someone can help on the snake, I’d appreciate it… it tried very hard to convince silly me that it was a fierce rattlesnake, using its tail to rattle the dried leaves (and the worried man standing behind me.)
😉
Just marvelous, Laura! Truly delightful. And gorgeous photos. Sounds like you’ve been focused on all the right things. And I had to laugh about the scope cartwheeling into the river… Been there and done that.
(I’m no expert, but your snake looks like a kind of rat snake [Elaphe obsoleta]. They’re known to rattle their tails to mimic true rattlesnakes, and the pattern seems right. But I’m only guessing.)
Re the snake, what Jason said. I have a link for something you might enjoy: http://www.wildlifecontrolexperts.com/snakes.pdf
Glad you’re having a good time. Me too, at least until next Wednesday when I have to start my new job….
Oh wow! Laura – beautiful picture essay and lovely, funny prose.
Wow. Did you *really* drop your scope off that trestle?
I just saw your comment over at Bev’s blog – she identified snakes once for me. She could probably help Id yours.
She is as lovely a person as her blog. I spent a little time with her last year.
Great post Laura. (even with the snake)
That’s our pal “Sneaky Snake” … watch out – he’ll drink up all of your beers! (Tom T. Hall)
Your pictures are pretty much what life always looks like to us!
“practising my snake-charming skill”
Pfft!
Let me know when you can get them to slide into you pockets!
🙂
(And yeah, rat snake seems probable.)
Rat Snake is my guess also. Enjoyed your photos.
Thanks all… it was a fun couple of days!
Quit throwing your tripod off trestles!
(And I thought for a second you had typed “cheering for nookie”.)