Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Thank you gentlemen, we raise them for 14-16 months, about 280-300 lbs, some of the finest pork in the country.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Looked out my bedroom window the other day at about 5:30 pm and saw this glowing Red Ti plant set aflame by the late afternoon sun.
As I was taking the photos, I noticed this little guy keeping a watchful eye on me while soaking up some of the warm afternoon rays
This morning a Red Ti on the east side of the house caught the morning rays of the rising sun.
The beauty of nature never ceases to amaze me.
As I was taking the photos, I noticed this little guy keeping a watchful eye on me while soaking up some of the warm afternoon rays
This morning a Red Ti on the east side of the house caught the morning rays of the rising sun.
The beauty of nature never ceases to amaze me.
We are all just prisoners here of our own device.
In the master's chamber they gather for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast.
(Eagles: Hotel California)
~Q~
In the master's chamber they gather for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast.
(Eagles: Hotel California)
~Q~
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Real nice pics Q !!
John 🏎
John 🏎
Not all who wander are lost!!
Of all the paths you take in life,
Make sure some of them are Dirt!!!
Of all the paths you take in life,
Make sure some of them are Dirt!!!
- Quick Steel
- Bronze Tier
- Posts: 16953
- Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:39 pm
- Location: Lebanon, KY
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Good eye Q. Beautiful.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Thanks Q, love the plants and wildlife
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Wonderful colors, Q!
- Quick Steel
- Bronze Tier
- Posts: 16953
- Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:39 pm
- Location: Lebanon, KY
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
This King snake was a wonderful surprise for me when I discovered him in my office this afternoon. A merry time ensued.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Was he after the mouse on your computer?Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:35 pm This King snake was a wonderful surprise for me when I discovered him in my office this afternoon. A merry time ensued.
P1040251.JPGP1040250 (2).JPG
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
QS--methinks your idea of a 'merry time' differs greatly from my own.
- Quick Steel
- Bronze Tier
- Posts: 16953
- Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:39 pm
- Location: Lebanon, KY
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Floyd, I hadn't thought of that. Verry possible.
EWMailman. Well, I wanted to spare everyone the violent details. It was a hard fought battle with no quarter asked or given by either side.
EWMailman. Well, I wanted to spare everyone the violent details. It was a hard fought battle with no quarter asked or given by either side.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
No way Garry!!!
John
John
Not all who wander are lost!!
Of all the paths you take in life,
Make sure some of them are Dirt!!!
Of all the paths you take in life,
Make sure some of them are Dirt!!!
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 11:18 pmWas he after the mouse on your computer?Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:35 pm This King snake was a wonderful surprise for me when I discovered him in my office this afternoon. A merry time ensued.
P1040251.JPGP1040250 (2).JPG
I would have told the wife that someone else owns the house now lets leave!
David R (United States Navy Retired)
Don't just count your many blessings, be the blessing others count on!
Visit my website: Woodburning Art by David https://www.wdbydavid.com/
Don't just count your many blessings, be the blessing others count on!
Visit my website: Woodburning Art by David https://www.wdbydavid.com/
- jerryd6818
- Gold Tier
- Posts: 39166
- Joined: Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:23 am
- Location: The middle of the top of a bastion of Liberalism.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
What's the hoopla about? They're not poisonous. Just pick him (or her) up and relocate him. Preferably away from your bird feeders.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Well, if a snake manages to get inside your house, I suppose it's better to discover it in your office than in your bed!
Might want to consider getting a pet mongoose, Garry.
Might want to consider getting a pet mongoose, Garry.
We are all just prisoners here of our own device.
In the master's chamber they gather for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast.
(Eagles: Hotel California)
~Q~
In the master's chamber they gather for the feast.
They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast.
(Eagles: Hotel California)
~Q~
- Quick Steel
- Bronze Tier
- Posts: 16953
- Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:39 pm
- Location: Lebanon, KY
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
I notice that this episode has changed my attitude about entering my office. Never had any kind of attitude before; now I am alert and vigilant. I just can't find an entry point the snake would have used.
- Mumbleypeg
- Gold Tier
- Posts: 13409
- Joined: Fri Apr 18, 2014 1:28 am
- Location: Republic of Texas
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Hard say from pictures but looks like a rat snake to me. Whether kingsnake of rat snake both are beneficial, kill rats and mice, insects and even poisonous snakes (copperheads).
Both harmless to humans. I understand not wanting one in your office or house but as Jerry says, try to just catch and relocate them if possible. A rat snake and I peacefully co-existed in my shop for several months a few years ago.
Ken
Both harmless to humans. I understand not wanting one in your office or house but as Jerry says, try to just catch and relocate them if possible. A rat snake and I peacefully co-existed in my shop for several months a few years ago.
Ken
Member AKTI, TSRA, NRA.
If your religion requires that you hate someone, you need a new religion.
When the people fear their government, that is tyranny. When government fears the people, that is freedom.
https://www.akti.org/
If your religion requires that you hate someone, you need a new religion.
When the people fear their government, that is tyranny. When government fears the people, that is freedom.
https://www.akti.org/
- zzyzzogeton
- Posts: 1722
- Joined: Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:47 pm
- Location: In the Heart of Texas on the Blackland Prairie
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
How far from a water heater is your office?Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:59 pm I notice that this episode has changed my attitude about entering my office. Never had any kind of attitude before; now I am alert and vigilant. I just can't find an entry point the snake would have used.
Snakes will follow the scent of mice that creep in through the water heater drain pan pipe. 99% of those drain pipes run straight outside and are open to the world. The mice will crawl in, usually looking for food or water. The snake follows the mouse's scent right in through the pipe. A pretty large snake can get through the typical 3/4" or sometimes oversized 1" drain pipe.
I have a perpetual mouse problem living out in the country surrounded by grain fields. I've been fighting mice and trying to figure out how they get in since dirt was clean. I've plugged every pencil sized hold i can find and I still get a mouse in the house every now and then.
About 12 years ago, shortly after we added on a small office/utility room/bathroom, I went to put some towels up in the closet where the water heater is located. I looked down and saw a rat snake coiled around the water heater in the drain pan. Its tail was still sticking 5 or 6 inches down the pan drain.
I removed the snake and then I cut some 2" x 2" pieces of aluminum screen wire. I shoved a piece up the drain pan line of the 3 water heaters we have for the house, thereby blocking entry by snake or mouse.
I still haven't eliminated the mouse entries 100% but I haven't had a snake in the house since.
- OLDE CUTLER
- Gold Tier
- Posts: 4290
- Joined: Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:11 pm
- Location: South Dakota
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
More do it yourself auto body work. "Clear packaging tape is just as good as any body shop"!!
"Sometimes even the blind chicken finds corn"
- Quick Steel
- Bronze Tier
- Posts: 16953
- Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:39 pm
- Location: Lebanon, KY
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Although I do not expect a repeat snake visit, should one occur I now have the proper tool to deal with it, a snake catching pole. It is professed to handle everything from garden snakes to pythons. However, should a python intrude I expect I will abandon the great state of Kentucky.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Or,........ maybe a Colt Python as a great equalizer.Quick Steel wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:37 pm should a python intrude I expect I will abandon the great state of Kentucky.
Joe
- Quick Steel
- Bronze Tier
- Posts: 16953
- Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:39 pm
- Location: Lebanon, KY
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Indeed. Regrettably my sister has some strange objection to my using firearms in the house. Not even my preferred shotgun. Odd.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
My folks keep saying they want to move to Florida. I don't mind, but in my list of cons; pythons are "exhibit A"; alligators "exhibit b". Despite the colder weather, I kinda prefer Montana, Wyoming, or Idaho.Quick Steel wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:37 pm Although I do not expect a repeat snake visit, should one occur I now have the proper tool to deal with it, a snake catching pole. It is professed to handle everything from garden snakes to pythons. However, should a python intrude I expect I will abandon the great state of Kentucky.
P1040274.JPG
- Quick Steel
- Bronze Tier
- Posts: 16953
- Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:39 pm
- Location: Lebanon, KY
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
My objections to Florida are the same as yours Cody. Actually, the climate in KY is quite mild; that is based on six years of experience. Snowfalls are infrequent and light. There are periods during the summer of heat and humidity but these are intermittent with milder periods in between.
People who move to Phoenix are ....., well I'll just say not many people can deal with 115 degree heat. It is innervating even with low humidity.
So far, some parts of KY may encounter a tornado but they are not common.
People who move to Phoenix are ....., well I'll just say not many people can deal with 115 degree heat. It is innervating even with low humidity.
So far, some parts of KY may encounter a tornado but they are not common.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Cool find in the office, QS! A couple of years ago I was napping in my recliner in the living room. When I opened my eyes there was a three foot more or less Black Racer crawling across the floor by my chair. I did leap into action and grab that thing before it could get into hiding. On the porch would have been okay, but not in the house. My wife hates snakes.
The thing about snakes is that the more a person hates snakes, the more likely they are to encounter one. I love snakes, and reptiles generally, so I welcome any spotting, including venomous snakes. And I seldom see a snake, even though I live in one of the most snake infested parts of the country. Here is a little Garter snake from my back yard. And a small Eastern Diamondback from nearby woods.
The thing about snakes is that the more a person hates snakes, the more likely they are to encounter one. I love snakes, and reptiles generally, so I welcome any spotting, including venomous snakes. And I seldom see a snake, even though I live in one of the most snake infested parts of the country. Here is a little Garter snake from my back yard. And a small Eastern Diamondback from nearby woods.
Mel