tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post8330114021178662058..comments2023-11-30T09:42:16.566-05:00Comments on Whynot Pottery Blog: and then there are the snakescookingwithgashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-79308048814582456632009-08-01T22:23:03.490-04:002009-08-01T22:23:03.490-04:00It's like living in a science project and the ...It's like living in a science project and the next post might just be about Spiders!<br />If it's not one thing it's another.<br />It's the price you pay to live in paradise!cookingwithgashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456258592273328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-16986425771270527272009-08-01T17:50:01.391-04:002009-08-01T17:50:01.391-04:00Snakes are everywhere and they do a good job of co...Snakes are everywhere and they do a good job of controlling rodents, if not for them, hawks and owls, and cats we'd be overrun - they're even in New York Gary, you just haven't seen one yet, I bet Spike has.<br /><br />Malcolm Davis told a Virginia black snake story at a workshop I took which had one woman get up and leave the room she feared snakes so, that was an eye opener to me that just a story would freak her out.<br /><br />We had the copperheads, timber rattlers and rat snakes in Arkansas when we lived there and that was an education for sure, but never in the house, no wonder you are jumpy at snakes, childhood fears have a way of staying around and also resurfacing - mountain cliff driving for me (if someone else is driving). I almost had a heart attack here when I just about stepped on what I thought was a rattlesnake only to discover it was a Gopher Snake - thank goodness.<br /><br />Country life sure is grand.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-31235666253810286382009-08-01T11:47:13.986-04:002009-08-01T11:47:13.986-04:00An old-time county remedy for keeping snakes away ...An old-time county remedy for keeping snakes away was to spread cotton dust around the base of your house. Well the EPA got rid of cotton dust (DDT) in the early 70's. I don't think even that really worked and there's been nothing to replace it.<br /><br />In Florida -- snakes are in the neighborhoods -- don't have to live in the country. Snakes would be in our my studio, garage, house, pool & even the mailbox -- and that's year round.<br /><br />I still don't love them -- I respect them & don't kill the non-poisonous ones cause they are beneficial -- but geez I really don't love them.Judy Shrevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817638135856406785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-25102112594316361602009-08-01T11:17:10.866-04:002009-08-01T11:17:10.866-04:00If you live in the country, you will see snakes. T...If you live in the country, you will see snakes. They will come. My brother-in-law Gene, puts moth balls under the cabin, and in twenty years, he's only seen one in the cabin. We've seen plenty when were on the ATV'S riding around.Cathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-27316711942373570572009-08-01T10:11:07.725-04:002009-08-01T10:11:07.725-04:00I've heard that if you have the large black sn...I've heard that if you have the large black snakes around you won't have the poisonous ones. I know that when I lived on the west coast, the King snakes were very welcome because they killed the rattlers.June Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13431678118459690271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-7135416309171892362009-08-01T10:07:59.002-04:002009-08-01T10:07:59.002-04:00Oh, Gary...there's probabaly one in your yard ...Oh, Gary...there's probabaly one in your yard right now. I've seen them in Maine, so I know they get north of the Mason/Dixon line. Just come on down to Mere's anyway. She can be your "avoid the snake" tour guide.Shortstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14167435548266949958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-62277168656305055122009-08-01T10:06:46.461-04:002009-08-01T10:06:46.461-04:00O.K. I read it anyway...just because you have so ...O.K. I read it anyway...just because you have so many funny snake stories. Not exactly funny ha ha, more funny because I'm still alive and I'm not sure how. That kind of thing. Of course you know I used to lie in bed in Charlottesville and agonize about your childrens' safety at the farm because you would tell me those darned snake stories and I wanted to protect them. How weird is that. You left out the story about how you walked out of the house and a black snake slithered in and it occurred to you almost instantaneously that you were both on the wrong side of the door.Shortstuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14167435548266949958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-77904591884223350642009-08-01T09:39:09.549-04:002009-08-01T09:39:09.549-04:00Remind me to tell you sometime about Waymon Cole a...Remind me to tell you sometime about Waymon Cole and the rattlesnakes. Or maybe I'll post it on my Web site.<br /><br />During college I was down to the farm with my friend Steve, fishing in the johnboat. I heard a rustling noise in the grass on the dam and paddled over to see what it was. I parted the tall grass and saw a King snake wrapped around a copperhead, choking it to death. "Hey Steve!" I said. "Look! A King snake is . . . ." Then I heard a sort of gurgling, choking sound and looked around to see Steve hanging onto the back of the boat with his toes, as far away from the bank as he could get without going into the water. He continued making gurgling and choking sounds, accompanied by frantic hand movements, and I got the idea that he was afraid of snakes and wanted to move away from the dam. Funny how snakes affect some people.<br /><br />Remind me to tell you Pop Slack's snake story some time.Jayhttp://www.backcountrynotes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574046592294768817.post-34934207507939535392009-08-01T09:17:33.198-04:002009-08-01T09:17:33.198-04:00I will probably NEVER visit NC in my life now, tha...I will probably NEVER visit NC in my life now, thanks to you.....Gary's third pottery bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113249576164428106noreply@blogger.com