Remember how cute Daisy used to be? Now every day for her is a bad hair day. She's starting to look more like a blond javelina with fur.
Found this in our front yard yesterday. Tarantulas are commonplace here and protected because they're so beneficial. They will eat scorpions, which, unfortunately are also beneficial. Not sure how but everything has its place under the Arizona sun. We try to kill as little as possible but a scorpion in the house is most unwanted. Tarantulas tend to nail 'em outside before they come in. This one, by the way, we call "Mr. T." A very friendly fellow. You can put your hand down and it will crawl right up on it. A bit creepy but interesting.
On the other hand, rattlesnakes "ain't" man's best friend. This one was stuffed and turned into an ashtray and with two others we just kept the rattles. So far this spring we've seen four rattlesnakes, mostly flattened in the road. We won't kill them but we do try our best to avoid them. The trick will be to try to keep Daisy away if we encounter one in the yard or on a trail.
Remember how cute Daisy used to be? Now every day for her is a bad hair day. She's starting to look more like a blond javelina with fur.
Found this in our front yard yesterday. Tarantulas are commonplace here and protected because they're so beneficial. They will eat scorpions, which, unfortunately are also beneficial. Not sure how but everything has its place under the Arizona sun. We try to kill as little as possible but a scorpion in the house is most unwanted. Tarantulas tend to nail 'em outside before they come in. This one, by the way, we call "Mr. T." A very friendly fellow. You can put your hand down and it will crawl right up on it. A bit creepy but interesting.
On the other hand, rattlesnakes "ain't" man's best friend. This one was stuffed and turned into an ashtray and with two others we just kept the rattles. So far this spring we've seen four rattlesnakes, mostly flattened in the road. We won't kill them but we do try our best to avoid them. The trick will be to try to keep Daisy away if we encounter one in the yard or on a trail.
Hi Corita and Paul. So good to hear from you. I don't have a current address or email address or phone # for you, so I was afraid we had lost touch forever. The Seibers are doing good. Email me your contact info at rich_seiber@yahoo.com. Don't blog much now, but am totally addicted to Facebook. - Rich
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