noteworthy: worthy of or attracting attention especially because of some special excellence.
If this definition can be applied in regard to my own prosaically lived life then it is equally acknowledged that what I might consider noteworthy might seem rather dull to others. Nonetheless, there are many reasons for noting distinct happenings and going-ons in one's life. Warning: What I might consider noteworthy might totally creep you out!😊
Snakes, if you live in the south you learn to look out for them in the warm weather months, beginning around late March/ early April until right before the first frost. As I walk in warm weather my eyes are glancing all around and usually I am praying I will see any snakes if they are near enough to frighten or harm. We also have a couple of venomous snakes, mainly the Copperhead, which are also seen every summer. I have some answers to prayers on seeing these dangerous snakes.
One evening right at dusk my husband and I were out walking the ridge, quick as lightening a Black Racer literally raced across our path coming from the field. It was fast and noteworthy as we saw the speed of it whipping less than three feet from us. It is much more common to see the slower slithering Black Rat snake, never missing a summer of having one of them in our yard or surrounding areas, but I had yet to see the Black Racer until now.
And I must also say, we never, never go into the woods in the summer. One reason the ticks and chiggers, the other the snakes. We keep grass and fields mowed and also realize snakes help keep the rat and mouse population down. I must see some form of silver lining in such things.
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We don't venture into the woods in the summer either, for ticks mostly. A black racer is what was living in my garden patio where I always sit, last summer. It was hard to catch as it is so fast, but one time it seemingly froze before me as I was standing near it, and I had my phone and called my husband (who was in the house, and I knew that if I moved, it would race off) to come out and kill it and he did. I know they are harmless, but there is no way I'd continue sitting on my patio with it there. andrea
Andrea,
I understand perfectly what you are saying. I am not fond of snakes, for many reasons, but I will leave a black snake alone if...if I know his territory and I am not running into him often. I have seen one crawl across the garden right after I have left to come inside from being in the garden, that creeped me out! But still since we are in the country with lots of land, we only kill the copperheads.
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