(June 23, 2014 at 6:05 am)Rayaan Wrote: Found these photos of me where I was a young lad ...

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Soooo cute!!!

(June 22, 2014 at 10:49 pm)ignoramus Wrote: I was thinking the same thing!
All that natural beauty can bite you on the arse!

(June 22, 2014 at 9:53 pm)CindysRain Wrote:

(June 22, 2014 at 7:41 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Thanks for the kind words, y'all. I'm no photog, though -- for every keeper, ten or fifteen have hit the recycle bin.

I'm a nature baby and those are fantastic photos!

Um, except for the s-s-s-snake!

When our visitors ask about the snakes (we have at least 8 species, four of which are venomous), I tell them, "Don't worry, I've got a theory: anyone who gets snakebit probably deserved it." Like any other animal, they just want to be left alone.

The cottonmouth up there that looks like a close-up was from about seven feet away. The closest I've been to a venomous snake is when I almost stepped on this juvenile cottonmouth -- he was coiled up and though I'd seen him, I thought he was a racoon turd. I got my camera in close:

(June 23, 2014 at 7:19 am)whateverist Wrote: Is that an older sister? She seems to be delighted with you.

That was the day that Rayaan sold her all of the rights to his future smiles.

9 years old .


5th grade with my twin sister .

(June 23, 2014 at 8:50 am)Marsellus Wallace Wrote: 9 years old .


5th grade with my twin sister .

Awwwww

I'm a twin too! Woop Woop!

(June 23, 2014 at 7:19 am)whateverist Wrote: Is that an older sister?

Nope, I have no sisters and I'm the oldest. She was just a well-known guest there, if my memory is correct. (Seems like she was pointing my attention to the camera).

(June 23, 2014 at 7:19 am)whateverist Wrote: She seems to be delighted with you.

Indeed. Might've been the cuteness that she was looking at.

(June 23, 2014 at 7:19 am)whateverist Wrote: The first photos show some signs of a smile. Are you sure that's you?

Yeah, I'm sure. Meanie.

Got out in the garden today. Thank god for phone cameras. Always there when you want them. These are from the back garden, the oldest, most established portion.

whateverist, please don't think I'm patronizing you, but I'm so damned jealous. Where are you located?

(June 23, 2014 at 9:59 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: whateverist, please don't think I'm patronizing you, but I'm so damned jealous. Where are you located?

Not at all. I'm in Berkeley, California. If you're near by, come on over and I'll make you a cuppa. The only thing gardeners like better than getting a snoop into someone else's garden is showing their own to another garden lover.