Wild World of the Moore's Backyard

Yes, ladies and gentlemen...It finally happened...Peter did it...he mercilessly killed.....the snake!!!!

You might not know but if there's one thing that Peter just can't stand (come to think of it....there are many...hmm...well, that's for later posting *^^*), it is the snake!!! Apparently he had a traumatic experience when he was a little boy or something ("near death experience" so he calls it). But anyway, it was truly disgusting! We were having dinner peacefully enjoying our irises in our side yard and then I noticed this black long~~ thingy crawling slowly on top of newly and beautifully mulched walkaway! I said, "that's a snake" and Peter dropped the dumbling he was about to put in his mouth. Poor thing...needless to say, that was the end of Peter's dinner.

My brave husband jumped up and down few times and only few times and finally went out with a shovel in his hand. Of course, I was videotaping the whole thing in the mean time from the inside of house. Peter gestured "I love you" before he attacked the snake and yes, there was lots of pre-striking drama performed by him. And there he went... And, no the snake didn't look happy at all. Disgusting in fact... When Peter was about done, I shouted, "it's still moving!" meaning "you need to hit it some more!" And, it was easy to say for me. :-) And, there he went again. Peter came inside all disgusted and I looked outside...the snake was still moving. I looked at Peter and there he went again. I'm not sure if he signed on the way out...if he did, I didn't hear it. :-) So anyway, the creature was dead and I told Peter, "How ironic and what a timing! Just in time for Easter, you crushed his head!" Well...it was funny then. Yes, my hubby was very brave and he told Shawn all about it!

Well, ok, so I put the picture of squirrel for the sake of it but I want to tell you that this is not just a squirrel you see every day. We call him "crazy squirrel". He goes back and forth and very fast too on top of our fence numerous times a day. I'm a bit concerned about him and I really think he needs to see psychologist about it soon....

And then, there was this raccoon... Well, Peter thought one day that it was a cat that he saw under our iris bush since we get some cats in our back yard from time to time that sleeps by our fountain. I think Peter was watering that time and I think his life got shorten by 30 years like he says... But we found out that it was indeed a raccoon that he saw. There we were playing settlers with Nate and Michelle after Easter Egg Hunting in our family room (and yes, the female team won by the way!). I saw a cat looking thingy passing by. I said, "that's a raccoon" Everybody stood up looking out and I could so cheat on the game, but being a good Christian I am...I didn't! Well, anyway, the raccoon was having the time of his life and jumped into our fountain and took a relaxing bath. I think he drank the water as well. Needless to say, our fountain water was green and dirty and I was concerned for him....well, a little bit. :-) He took a nap under the iris bush and then he was gone.

Well, that afternoon, Peter and I worked on our yard a little bit and I said..."hmm....there's another snake" Yes, the cousin of the snake that Peter killed came by and this time, he was under the tree on our back yard where it's hard to reach. Peter was determined it was a harmless one (a.k.a he didn't want to kill it again) and after some research, he found out that it was indeed a "harmless" black racer that is not aggressive and feeds on insects, eggs, mice, frogs and lizards... And then, we saw and heard raccoon nearby... That was it. We came inside and I locked the door.

So yes, I don't know how I feel about going out to our back yard right now... It kinda ruined it for me and for now... If you don't want to pay to get into the Zoo, you are more than welcome to come by at our house any time!