Today, June 20, is the first day of Summer.......
Spring was nice. It brought us March winds, April showers, and May flowers.
The seasons of the NBA and the NHL finally and mercifully ended.
Golf gave us The Masters and the U S Open.
The Tennis world brought us the French and Australian Opens.
Major League baseball began its' 162 game marathon of a season.
The WNBA season started.....at least that's what I've been told.
Now we have Summer.........
June, July and August. Hazy, hot and humid...........with a chance of scattered afternoon thunderstorms. We can look forward to 4th of July fireworks and picnics..........Baseball's All-star game...........NFL pre-season games..........
Fresh peaches, blackberries (the kind you eat), corn on the cob, and chicken on the grill......Beaches and swimming pools......
Ahhh..........summer is here......
Summer.......as in summer school, summer camp, and summer semester. We will have summer blockbusters, summer vacations, and summer jobs.
There have been lazy summers, crazy summers, and endless summers.
We even have the Disco Queen herself..........Donna Summer.
Summertime......
Welcome back.
Friday, June 20, 2008
So.......Summer is Finally Here?
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Snakes on a Plane? How 'bout in the Back Yard?
It has been hot....and dry....
In this southern college town. In an attempt to circumvent mother nature, I was going to water my vegetable garden, when ........out of the corner of my eye .....I saw this black string.
Not an ordinary string.......big..........black........and crawling. About six feet ..........I immediately went back to the garage to get what I thought would be my necessary tools. A cultivator and a hoe.
And there it was........him .....and me. A 6 foot rat snake. In my back yard. I stared..........he stared....Hissing and taunting me with that forked tongue. He had made the mistake of coming out into the open. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I measured him...........I swung the cultivator ...........and pinned him down. He still did not surrender. I stood over him and admired his tenacity ......
And with one swing of my hoe............off came his head. The rest of his body still moved and slithered...........His tongue was still wagging from its' head.....even after being severed from its' body.
My first snake kill. And I'm here to tell you..........what a rush! Man against beast..........good versus evil...........It just doesn't get much better.
Summer time in the deep south? Priceless........
