tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3844738554429301422.post7384595106810040262..comments2023-05-22T07:36:32.396-04:00Comments on Trowel and Paintbrush: Skies and Snakes Alive!Kathleen Maunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17827170549189936589noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3844738554429301422.post-67273269799199454312011-09-12T19:00:19.368-04:002011-09-12T19:00:19.368-04:00Geninne -- I envy your walks in your beautiful sur...Geninne -- I envy your walks in your beautiful surroundings (minus the snakes of course). <br /><br />All this talk of snakes has reminded me of something that happened to our family years ago. We had a very close encounter with a rattlesnake when I was 10, my brother 8 and my sister 3. (My youngest sister wasn't born yet.) We were blueberry picking in Northern Ontario while on a camping trip. Blueberries like sunny, rocky places and, as it turns out, so do rattlesnakes. It was my sister Nancy who heard a sound and asked my mom what it was. Mom said that it was probably cicadas in the trees and then looked down where she and my sister were about to walk and my dad and brother had just passed. There was a rattler. We all backed up slowly but steadily and no one was hurt but it was a very scary moment.Kathleen Maunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827170549189936589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3844738554429301422.post-44917481949278236042011-09-11T14:19:34.398-04:002011-09-11T14:19:34.398-04:00I'm truly honored Kathleen :) Thank you for sh...I'm truly honored Kathleen :) Thank you for sharing your wonderful surroundings! <br />I'm glad I haven't come across any snakes on my walks! Almost all the ones here are poisonous. The garter snake is pretty though...but it still gives me the chills.Geninnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101516940843233686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3844738554429301422.post-68496526672707491212011-09-08T17:39:43.816-04:002011-09-08T17:39:43.816-04:00Margie -- Thank you so much for taking the time to...Margie -- Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog and for your lovely comments. Imagine my photos if I'd been wearing my glasses. :)<br /><br />You, Geninne and Arounna are rock stars to me in the blogging world. I love learning from all of you.Kathleen Maunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827170549189936589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3844738554429301422.post-44653621161241393182011-09-08T16:47:31.960-04:002011-09-08T16:47:31.960-04:00i love the photographs you took with your eyes wid...i love the photographs you took with your eyes wide open on your walk.<br />Your blog is off to an amazingly beautiful start too.<br />Thanks so much for sending me the link today.<br />margieMargie Oomenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459762796958425287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3844738554429301422.post-71375469254747875212011-09-08T14:01:03.590-04:002011-09-08T14:01:03.590-04:00froggy -- I know it's a garter snake too and t...froggy -- I know it's a garter snake too and that doesn't help me at all. I totally understand what you are saying. :) Wish I was braver about them, but I don't think that is going to happen.Kathleen Maunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827170549189936589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3844738554429301422.post-57557110200831899512011-09-08T13:57:20.309-04:002011-09-08T13:57:20.309-04:00I once wrote an article on snakes and pond keeping...I once wrote an article on snakes and pond keeping. I could not include any illustrations except for the garter snake (which your snake is :) as the dangerous ones really freak me out. Even at that the garter snake was a challenge.the dogs' motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512888563325865616noreply@blogger.com