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| The straight lines, blue sky and green grass looked very serene. |
On this Thursday morning I persuaded the dog to walk with me down to the east end of the paved road. The dog doesn't like to go down there because of the electric fence. When we arrived we found that the owner of the field where zig-zag the bull spends his days, had mowed the hay and raked it into nice straight mounds. The straight piles of hay presented a very pleasant site with the white clouds floating in the blue sky above the green field. While I was in the area I decided to check on the passion fruit.
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| Look closely for the snake in the grass. |
When I bent down to take a look at it I got quite a shock. Hiding in the grass just behind the hanging fruit was a black snake. He was just finishing swallowing a salamander he had caught so he was not very concerned with my presence. I only knew it was a salamander because I saw the tail lying on the ground still wagging. Apparently the ploy of losing it's tail had not worked to distract the snake from eating the salamander. I watched as the black snake crawled into the grass and disappeared.
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| Almost ready. |
I picked up one of the passion fruits that had fallen on the ground and broke it open. It was edible but still a little tangy. Hopefully the animals that live in the area will leave a few ripe fruits for me to pick. On the way home I saw a group of pink wild flowers blooming on the roadside.
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| This little flower puts on a big show. |
I researched them and found they are the False Foxglove. They are a snapdragon like flower that happens to like growing on roadsides. These flowers never grew here until the county paved the road. They broadcast wild flower seeds that have returned each year since then. I am looking forward to the other wild flowers that will be showing up soon. I hope you have a chance to get outside and see the flowers today. Thanks for reading my blog today. bye
