Saturday, April 16, 2011

Why I care?

Everyone has heard about the protestors in PA fighting against natural gas drilling or fracking. If you watch the documentary GASLAND, you will know why they are upset. Everyone in America should care about their water no matter where you live. You can't wash out 500 cancer chemical out of your water, ever. And it is all legal for these gas companies to do whatever they want thanks to OUR GOVERNMENT. Watch the dvd GASLAND, get educated and get public. Lets stop the gas companies from keeping us all quiet. Silence is death to you, your kids and your future.
Maybe the cure for cancer is to stop fracking and poisoning our water.

So why do I care? I have friends right in the zone of water poisoning. And they think they are safe and the trust our government would never hurt them.
I can only educate and pass the along the truth until it is too late.

1953 Ford Jubilee Tractor

A friend of mine bought this old tractor for restoration. It has a long way to go paint wise, but it runs. Old tractors are always around, used and borrowed here in the Ozarks.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Pewter Snake


I was unpacking my car when this guy came by me. I guess he wanted a treat or light snack.He was about 5 feet long, as thick as my arm and a pewter color. Quite a nice looking snake except for peck marks on his back from our chickens. While he hung around I got a few shots of him close up. He was stalking some lizard in the bushes next to my car. He had enough of my camera work and slithered off into the orchard.

Tree Pullin'





Since it is spring time the weather is cool and the bugs are low. Good time to pull up trees in our field before mowing. My husband is chaining the small trees and using the tractor to pull the roots out. Our shepherd, Osa stands by to look for moles. Our field has gone wild and we need to tame it to plant pecan trees.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Ozark Cobra?



My husband and I were driving down the country road when we almost ran over a fat snake. I love snakes so he backed up the car for me to investigate. The snake raised up and enlarged like a cobra then high tailed it away from me. It looked like a cobra to me. But we took the photo and showed it around church and the locals call it a "spread head". But it is really and eastern hog nose. It is a good snake in that it eats toads. That what where it was headed, a large pond down the hill filled with toads. The snakes are out in full force this time of the year. Good to be educated about them out here in the woods.