Once I went down with dad to help clean up all the brush and large rocks on our lots in southern Missouri. It was nice to be off with dad by myself--spending some alone time with him. As I was getting older this was happening less and less.
We slept in the back of the station wagon in sleeping bags and ate our meals over at the cafe nearby. The area we were going to build in was called Coney Island. It was hard work but we paced ourselves and it wasn't bad at all. I actually enjoyed it --it was so beautiful and peaceful down there.
One day, while we were working on some brush dad all of a sudden said "freeze,don't move". His tone of voice scared me and I certainly didn't even flinch. Dad picked up a large rock and threw it down real hard about two feet from me. I hadn't even seen it!! It was a water moccasin ( a poisonous snake). You can bet I was leery of it now and watching better what was around me. He was very hard to see though, they blend right into the surrounding. That is their defense system. That particular snake though, won't ever scare us again!!
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Oh goodness. I hate snakes. I bet he wouldn't have been able to get me out of the car again. Good thing it was you and not me! Uggg!
ReplyDeleteYeah, you know I was fearless!! lol I sure watched for them though, but didn't see another one the rest of the time we were working on the lots.
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ReplyDeleteYour hero! Maybe that is where I got my snake killing abilities.I became the cul de sac go-to snake killer a few year ago.
ReplyDeleteEveryone needs a hero!! My "daddy" did it again.
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