Suzi Strauss

We have a new pet out in the front yard, we have been invaded by a six foot black snake that has taken up residence in our front yard. A couple of years ago we had another bigger black snake in the same spot in the yard, I picked up the first one and it drug the ground on both ends, it must of been eight feet long, this new one is smaller and it is not afraid of us at all. It may of been a pet that was let go because it got to big or the kids lost interest. I do not mind the snake it eats moles and mice so it is welcome to our yard.

We have been trying to get the yard cleaned up and all the leaves raked up but as soon as we make some headway on it we get another storm that blows more leaves from our neighbor into our fresh raked yard. That is one thing I really dislike about this time of year the leaves go everywhere and we try to keep our raked up and we get more leaves that could ever be on our trees. Once we get the last ones up it will be spring and we will not have to worry about the mess anymore.

The fire season in the west is in full swing and it looks like California is a fire storm, so many fires and the winds keep the firefighters on the run. I would not want to live in a place that had fires like that and I am sure no one wants to live any place that has natural disasters like fires, floods or hurricanes. We have a lot of twisters here and they can be very dangerous and they can destroy entire towns that lay in their path. We have had some minor floods over the years but it is not an issue most of the time. I am so very glad that we do not have earth quakes that is the worst as far as I am concerned.