A Pinch of Joy

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Busy Monday 578

For the first time in my life, I ‘ve seen a garter snake.  He/she/it keeps showing up on the west side of the house, when least expected, slithering out from under the edge of the walk by the gate.  Actually there are two.  A much bigger one poked a head out  about the time I bent over to pull a weed from the rocks surrounding the egress window well.  Needless to say, we both moved very quickly away from one another!!!  They are “pretty” in their own way – preferably further away!  — and do their part to keep the pesky insects under control as they slither around the garden.  But my heart races and I am high alert every time I see them and who needs that!!? So my solution is to stay on the other side of the house!    May you find practical solutions for all your problems this week!!  Thanks for stopping by to share your awesome posts!  I learn something new every week here!

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  3. Thank you for all the work to put together this wonderful linkup weekly.

    My entries this week = 102+103.
    If you have not joined us at SSPS yet, this is a personal invite to come and share your awesome post/s with us
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  4. Hi Charlene,
    Thanks so much for the awesome feature for my Buttermilk Icebox Pie, I really appreciate it. In this heat an ice cold slice of pie is really good. We work in the gardens a lot here and are always on the watch for critters, I move fast back to the house when I see one, what ever they are after, they can just have it! Hope you have a good week and thanks so much for the party!
    Miz Helen
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  5. We also had a snake visitor recently. It was a small black one, not the copperheads that my neighbors have been seeing ~ but I don’t care what color it was ~ nope! no way! I first almost stepped on it b/c it was curled on the black doormat outside our backdoor. I backed up inside, slammed and locked the door! (haha ~ not that the snake could get in if I didn’t lock it, but better safe than sorry) Then went to Home Depot and got a big bag of “Snake Away” ~ granules that my husband put a line of along the house by all the doors. It smells bad at first, but the smell is better than the snake! Havent seen it since, so you might want to get a bag.