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Hello, I am grandma to 3 of the cutest little kids I have ever seen ,,lol :-6 I like to take photographs of the mountains I live in here on the family ranch I was raised on , I spend way to much time on this silly computer of mine :rolleyes: and I really enjoy cooking, I'm divorced with 2 grown sons 30 and 31 yrs old.

I have been looking from the outside in around this garden for a few times and it looks like a great place to spend time, i am looking forward to meeting all of the 'gardeners' I can,,:)

Well then Hello, nice to meet you..

Hi SK, Welcome to FG :-6

Hi SK!

scholle-kid;894768 wrote: Hello, I am grandma to 3 of the cutest little kids I have ever seen ,,lol :-6 I like to take photographs of the mountains I live in here on the family ranch I was raised on , I spend way to much time on this silly computer of mine :rolleyes: and I really enjoy cooking, I'm divorced with 2 grown sons 30 and 31 yrs old.

I have been looking from the outside in around this garden for a few times and it looks like a great place to spend time, i am looking forward to meeting all of the 'gardeners' I can,,:)


I was born and raised in Roswell. I now live in Bernalillo. Nice to greet another New Mexican. Welcome!!

Hello back to folks and thanks for the welcome,, umm, CG, do you know where I maybe could find an inage or 2 of some bunnies ?? :wah: :wah:

nvalleyvee;894782 wrote: I was born and raised in Roswell. I now live in Bernalillo. Nice to greet another New Mexican. Welcome!!


Hey fellow native of the enchanted land,, lol,,, Thanks for the welcome and hello back to you,,

Hello and a big warm welcome to ya.

Thanks for the warm welcome and hello to you .

:-6 Welcome SK to the garden I hope you enjoy it here we are a good group.

scholle-kid;894768 wrote: Hello, I am grandma to 3 of the cutest little kids I have ever seen ,,lol :-6 I like to take photographs of the mountains I live in here on the family ranch I was raised on , I spend way to much time on this silly computer of mine :rolleyes: and I really enjoy cooking, I'm divorced with 2 grown sons 30 and 31 yrs old.

I have been looking from the outside in around this garden for a few times and it looks like a great place to spend time, i am looking forward to meeting all of the 'gardeners' I can,,:)




Hello & welcome:-6

CARLA;894832 wrote: :-6 Welcome SK to the garden I hope you enjoy it here we are a good group.


I am going cross eyed :-2 looking all over this garden every thing here there is so much to look at and read,, I am enjoying it and all the posts i 've read the people seem like people with something worth saying ,, Thanks for the welcome and hello to you.

hello and Thank you M

welcome newcomer. I hope you enjoy your stay, there is plenty to talk about here in the garden of friendship:)

Cheers

Minks

Have fun, I hope you enjoy posting here. We're an odd bunch. Especially the ones who've said Hi.

Hi hun and welcome, I bet its brilliant living on a ranch, I can only imagine lol. Living in a Steel City ( well it used to be) not anymore sadly.

I would love to see some pictures :-4

Welcome xxxx

G'day Scholle-kid from Sydney, Australia. I have visited your beautiful State - Tucumcari, Santa Fe, Taos and a few other places there. Wonderful. Welcome to the Garden. I look forward to future conversations!!

:-6

Thank you AussiePam, MaladyAsh,Sdot and Minks for the welcome and hello to you all.

I have some of my favorite pics in my album , most of them are taken here on the family ranch .:-6

Hello and Welcome to the Garden! :-6

Thank you WonderWendy for the welcome and hello to you :-6

Hi SK,

It's nice to meet you.

I hope sometime you will post some photos for us of yoru scenery. I go through NM when I go to Oklahoma and I find it a beautiful state. "Land of Enchantment" indeed.

G'day Red and WonderWendy - nice to see you both too. Yes, New Mexico is beautiful. I loved the colours - and the cactus - and the art and general style of Santa Fe, and the fact that when I mistakenly went running across some awesome desert scenery at dawn one day in the belief that snakes would not be out so early.. no rattler got me!! :sneaky:

Hello Red Glitter thank you for the welcome.

Here is a few pics taken around the ranch there is some more in my Album ,

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scholle-kid;896589 wrote: Hello Red Glitter thank you for the welcome.

Here is a few pics taken around the ranch there is some more in my Album ,


I love your sunset pics ,very nice indeed.:-6

mrsK;896590 wrote: I love your sunset pics ,very nice indeed.:-6


Thank you, I have been coast to coast in the USA and I got to say I think New Mexico has got the prettest sunsets and sunrises I have seen ,, Mother Nature sure is a great artist I do believe,,:-6

I like to talk about me.

Only me.

If you start talking about you Ill get bored.

Unless you have something extremely interesting to say, and by that I mean mind blowing, lets keep it all about Nomad.



Ok ?

Nomad;897353 wrote: I like to talk about me.

Only me.

If you start talking about you Ill get bored.

Unless you have something extremely interesting to say, and by that I mean mind blowing, lets keep it all about Nomad.



Ok ?
Sure as long as you keep your nose clean,,:wah::wah::p :rolleyes::rolleyes:

AussiePam;896576 wrote: G'day Red and WonderWendy - nice to see you both too. Yes, New Mexico is beautiful. I loved the colours - and the cactus - and the art and general style of Santa Fe, and the fact that when I mistakenly went running across some awesome desert scenery at dawn one day in the belief that snakes would not be out so early.. no rattler got me!! :sneaky:




Because it is pretty chilly at dawn in the desert the snakes would of been slow ,,,but stil thank goodness you did'nt come across one ,,I never want to be closer than a shovel handel to a snattle rake (rattle snake) I'm a big :yh_chickn when it comes to those things

scholle-kid;897516 wrote: Because it is pretty chilly at dawn in the desert the snakes would of been slow ,,,but stil thank goodness you did'nt come across one ,,I never want to be closer than a shovel handel to a snattle rake (rattle snake) I'm a big :yh_chickn when it comes to those things


Me too, scholle-kid. I run in the bush here often and although we have two pretty poisonous snake varieties round here, I've almost never even seen one. They usually here you coming and vamoose.

red belly black snake



eastern brown

AussiePam;897751 wrote: Me too, scholle-kid. I run in the bush here often and although we have two pretty poisonous snake varieties round here, I've almost never even seen one. They usually here you coming and vamoose.



red belly black snake





eastern brown


I think I have read something about in Australia there are the most as in variety and poisonous snakes and spiders than anywhere else in this world ,is that correct ?

I can't imagine living where the poisonous snakes don't make a warning noise that thought gives me quivers down deep in the gut area,,, my ex husbands family are from down South where they have water mocs and cotton mouths and I don't think either one makes much noise no matter if they are excited or not



his mom told me she once walked out of the house and there was a cotton mouth snake

not 5feet away from her youngest son and I have read somewhere that a the venom from one of those will kill within 10 minutes I tell you what I'd s**ting my pants in that place,,,:-1

fuzzy butt;897832 wrote: I kill both those things all the time mate, they get rather narky around mating season........(we're not supposed to but they are threatening my kids and animals so the shovel has to come out)




What do you mean " we're not supposed" ?

Both species are fairly shy, unlike some other snakes which are aggressive. You have to confront one, or step on it for it to want to argue - BUT - if they are in my garden, I'm not going to wait for some ranger to remove them, or just stand around till they decide to leave - I'm gonna make sure they don't ever return not nohow!! Here I have a vision of my grandmother at ninety clobbering a brown snake with a spade when it climbed up her back stairs towards me, aged three. :sneaky:

AussiePam;897866 wrote: Both species are fairly shy, unlike some other snakes which are aggressive. You have to confront one, or step on it for it to want to argue - BUT - if they are in my garden, I'm not going to wait for some ranger to remove them, or just stand around till they decide to leave - I'm gonna make sure they don't ever return not nohow!! Here I have a vision of my grandmother at ninety clobbering a brown snake with a spade when it climbed up her back stairs towards me, aged three. :sneaky:


"for some ranger to remove them" this is what I figured fuzzy meant about "not suppose to" ,,if I used the words and tone that would describe what or how I really feel about that kind of "policy making" from people the haven't got the sense god gave a **** ant I'd be what is called 'flaming' so I took a few moments to find different words ,,

If snakes that are that poisonous are on a 'protected species' list or something so then maybe the folks that put them there needs to come out and gather them all up take them home and 'protect' them in their own homes and yards then the citizens wouldn't have to protect their families and pets from a dangerous or endangered species,,,

scholle-kid;897880 wrote: "for some ranger to remove them" this is what I figured fuzzy meant about "not suppose to" ,,if I used the words and tone that would describe what or how I really feel about that kind of "policy making" from people the haven't got the sense god gave a **** ant I'd be what is called 'flaming' so I took a few moments to find different words ,,

If snakes that are that poisonous are on a 'protected species' list or something so then maybe the folks that put them there needs to come out and gather them all up take them home and 'protect' them in their own homes and yards then the citizens wouldn't have to protect their families and pets from a dangerous or endangered species,,,


SK - I think you, and FuzzyButt and I would get on well !!! :sneaky:

AussiePam;897897 wrote: SK - I think you, and FuzzyButt and I would get on well !!! :sneaky:






Maybe we should think about a thread discussing 'shovels and how to's ??





My time tested and way effective method is quick, humane and simple,, smack the snake with the wide part of the shovel ,,while its trying to figure out whats happe,ing cut the head off bury it at least 2 shovelfuls deep ,so dogs ,kids or rodents won't find it and presto !! snakes don't even know they are having a problem by the time the problem is over ..

Hiya and welcome to FG

Chezzie;898992 wrote: Hiya and welcome to FG








Hi to you and thanks for the welcome,, its a toss up which ones of your thangs is more entertaining,,the mooning sponge or the rodents flying down the hyway :wah: