Notes from the Hollow

Beautiful!

Looks like a boot, lol.

Yipes! I know Pat's family have chased several people off their property that were hunting there. I've heard about the big black cats. History Channel's Monsterquest did a show about them. Most people equate the BBC sighting to the white big foot sightings that have been reported around Eureka, too. Me, I'm a believer, lol. Too many people have reported seeing them for them all to be made up or otherwise wrong.

I remember seeing red foxes on your road off 62, circa 1980s. And bears, but only out toward the lake. Never seen/heard bullets whizzing by me though - - heard hunters off in the woods around east mtn in Eureka though, and that's pretty close to "civilization" for random shooting. (Maybe someone was just target shooting)

Because she's a cat aka crazy, lol.

He's adorable! Would fit perfectly in a pocket.

Thats a good looking turtle

What a gorgeous one!

Doesn't look like a baby - not with that thick, muscular look to it. Looks like a serious customer.

I didn't identify this snake because I'm not sure if it is what I call a Water Moccasin (or Cottonmouth) or not. I've been told by a snake expert that there are nonvenomous water snakes that are often mistaken for Moccasins.

Maybe someone on here will know...

Looks like an adult sized snake

Mr. Trahan used to keep some ringnecks in the backroom of the Biology room. When we finished our work we were allowed to go back and play with them, lol.

I think they're rather cute.

We have been seeing the common box turtles a lot here lately on the county road home. Last summer saw an alligator turtle in the lake that was HUGE! Didn't point it out to the Grandkids who would have had a conimption fit!

Thank you - that is kind of you to say.

Interesting Article.

You really do write beautifully and make me terribly homesick for the Ozarks.

I like Tuna!

HA HA HA! That's great!

We have been seeing several black rat snakes this spring in our yard. They seem perfectly happy to watch me plant flowers but they need to scoot down off the mountain and out of my yard. We put down sulfur pellets around the house to deter them after I read online that worked. A copperhead would more than make me jump...
joycee at GrannyMountain

Have armadillos made it that far east yet? Heard they are still expanding their territory, just like coyotes. They are thick around here right now, but the dogs get those too sometimes. Some people call them possom on the half shell.