tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post5749037638550102034..comments2024-03-29T05:29:57.597-06:00Comments on Lovin' Life At The End Of The Dirt Road: My Achilles Heel and the Cause of My Gray HairRanch Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08581852590008365006noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post-45480401108192029742016-10-03T06:31:44.085-06:002016-10-03T06:31:44.085-06:00enjoying morning reads. not sure how i found your ...enjoying morning reads. not sure how i found your blog, but it's been my best read in a while. i live in the shrub-steppe 'desert' of se washington state now & i too miss the mountains. i also miss the ocean. i too wander with camera in hand whenever possible. ...and i love snakes, my garden buddies --scorpions, coyotes, coons & more. dirt road country life is wonderful. and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post-59630746255446222852013-06-13T07:17:13.787-06:002013-06-13T07:17:13.787-06:00Ahhhh, the joys of living with a reptile-loving bo...Ahhhh, the joys of living with a reptile-loving boy!! At least he wasn't a spider lover ... I can handle just about anything, but since I was bit by a brown recluse, spiders send me screaming! :)Denise :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07306906507013593208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post-63364166813310994482013-06-12T10:45:57.487-06:002013-06-12T10:45:57.487-06:00These two storeis are so funny. I almost wet my p...These two storeis are so funny. I almost wet my pants just reading about them and I can picture every move you made!! lol. Kids are such a joy, but they do cause grey hair -- so I'm told. Just to let y ou know, you would have still gotten grey hair, even without kids. You have much more though with all those wonderful memories to share with your family and us. Thanks for the laughter Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960683751935834250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post-31029432507354414522013-06-11T12:34:45.028-06:002013-06-11T12:34:45.028-06:00"Wonderful?" memories. I raised two gir..."Wonderful?" memories. I raised two girls and no pet snakes or lizards to be had... thankfully!!!<br /> <br />I'm with you on the 'no shovel handle long enough'. I have shot snakes so I could keep my distance. I am learning to be tolerant of the king snake family that lives across the drive in the rocks, especially since I've seen them kill copperheads.<br /><br />IGwynette in NW Arkansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927073930202226621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post-33134669163061035402013-06-11T10:42:16.024-06:002013-06-11T10:42:16.024-06:00What great memories to look back on! My son is not...What great memories to look back on! My son is not interested in those things at all, but when my daughter lived with me for a time, she had BIG snakes in their enclosures in her rooms. As a child, I was the snake lover, my sister, no way - my brothers & I teased her with snakes on occasion. And bugs, outside not so much a problem unless they're black widows or wasps, inside...they don&Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05454690665258566957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post-80404993627964529072013-06-11T09:37:43.349-06:002013-06-11T09:37:43.349-06:00I used to love Horny Toads as a kid. I've onl...I used to love Horny Toads as a kid. I've only seen once since we've been in SW KS. Don't think they have them in NW KS. I never heard of them up there. I also used to like salamanders. I out grew it. Never have liked a snake, and you are right, they don't make a hoe handle long enough!<br /><br />My son and husband are infamous for trying to scare me with snakes and/or Shelljohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802170548336923374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post-51905641294290179022013-06-11T08:23:38.267-06:002013-06-11T08:23:38.267-06:00I do NOT like snakes. While mowing some grass arou...I do NOT like snakes. While mowing some grass around the farm house with a push mower and ran over a rattler - my first close encounter. I was petrified, but managed to kill it with an irrigation shovel. Soon after that, I purchased and used a riding lawn mower. Talk about grey hairs. . .Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296050573667055406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post-79615040597101313722013-06-11T04:59:50.419-06:002013-06-11T04:59:50.419-06:00Hilarious! I love to think back to when my girls d...Hilarious! I love to think back to when my girls did crazy things. I shudder to think what I did to scare my "rather refined" parents. Like keeping a snake in my bedroom window between the screen and the window! However, Mom wouldn't let me keep the pretty white rat the biology teacher gave me. Made me take it back to school that very afternoon. So glad you got this story on film. Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18032916395238804901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5907351225641788258.post-89099449657148480392013-06-11T04:48:49.273-06:002013-06-11T04:48:49.273-06:00Teeheheheeh...oh boy Karin, too funny! I, too, hav...Teeheheheeh...oh boy Karin, too funny! I, too, have to deal with scorpions, lizards, bugs and snakes. And I, too, have a boy who loves critters. Thankfully he is not into picking snakes up..yet, he's only 8 so I'm sure he will at one point. LOL. Be proud of those gray hairs ;)Dorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05161301722715338900noreply@blogger.com