Country Critters

Awe, how cute they are....please let me insert this disclaimer: I did not photograph any of these varmints, but I could have...because they have all been here at one time...maybe they are here all the time and I just don't see them...{{Oh shutter}} Anyway, I am just not quick enough to capture a picture of each critter on this place.

Skunks can create a lot of havoc. Stink..stink!!

But, this blog post is not about skunks.

I know God has a sense of humor, because of these animals He created. I could do a whole post on skunks, but I won't. I often write about the beauty of the wild life out here in the country, and I do enjoy it. But, I am going somewhere different with this one. Hang with me and don't jump ahead.I could watch a squirrel scurry around all day.

And, deers ...well, they are just majestic!

I said, "Don't jump ahead"! You did it, didn't you?


Racoons are adorable, but they can be quite a nuisance.

A little gopher, oh how sweet, but oh my, how destructive.

It is dangerous just to walk in our yard now.

This is a mole...rat looking varmint, huh? And, we get more yard destruction.

Armadillos are the absolute worst for digging up the whole yard.
There is not really anything too cute about them either, is there?

I have seen a little fellow something like this one on my front porch, about three times lately

and he likes to hide behind a large pot of flowers.
He seems to slink like a snake and I have never seen his back legs,
but I assume he has them...and he will stand up with his front legs and rear his
pretty little head up at me.........yikes, too snake like for me.

This double flower pot seems to be the big attraction for our colorful lizard.

Okay, now you can look......A Copperhead was on the front porch
a couple of evenings ago....and I can't stop thinking about it.
So many times I weed the flower beds, reaching way up under the shrubs..
Oh My Goodness!
Our porch is nice and flat and you walk straight in the door..no steps or incline--
just an easy entrance with the grandkids going in and out of the doors often.

As I said, this is not the actual picture of the snake or the other critters,
but it looked just like this one. Josh saw it first, as he was headed to the car.
He said, in a soft and calm voice....with silver dollar size eyes...and backing into the house..
"There is a snake out there"

Oh my...Oh my! And a poisonous one at that. I ran for a shovel and
cut the thing in half....as he hissed at me....yikes! David finished him off, but he still managed to wiggle off of the porch without a head.

A little critter like this one was lying dead in his tracks beside the snake the
next morning....poor thing (I am scared to death of mice). I guess the
snake scared the mouse to death! While I was outside getting
the remains of the dead.....the lizard came slinking out from behind the
pots of flowers one more time.
Lord help!