I bought some acrylic paints about a week ago. This is two attempts at the same landscape. Still pretty clumsy, but I think the second is marginally better ...
Stir-fry! The broccoli, onion, and garlic are all from the garden. The sausage is, of course, store bought. I would try raising a pig for slaughter, but I'd just end up dressing it up and having tea parties with it.
SNAKES ON A NEST! "I'm sick of these motha****** snakes etc.etc" Actually I'm not, because I try to keep my yard "wildlife friendly" and birds attract predators so what can you do? The birds crank out babies 24/7 so I'm not removing the nests - they have been there for years, and many bird generations have used them. But yes, an occasional rat snake will climb up the vinyl siding and enjoy a buffet of eggs/baby birds. This snake was about three feet long when stretched out! They are not venomous, but EXTREMELY aggressive to humans. This guy attacked the broom repeatedly when I scooped him off the nests, and when he hit the ground he started coming after me! I don't need a trip to the ER - a snake mouth is notoriously dirty and could give you a deadly infection if left untreated. All together he wore himself out biting the broom over & over. Hey, it still beats a water moccasin up close any day of the week.
Blurry because telephoto, dusk and wobbly old arms. But a nice 8-pointer in velvet came to the neighbor's salt lick.
This is the third or forth time snakes have raided those nests, but I didn't have a camera on those occasions. The birds can "cat proof" their nests all they want, but snakes are awesome climbers. I've seen them (same species of snake) going pretty high up trees when I was deer hunting.
So, I went to the Drunken Peasants meetup in Toledo earlier. The Amazing Atheist and I. Me, Paul's Ego, and Scotty The Amazing Atheist talking shit about me on Twitter. He thought I had weed, I didn't, and he didn't believe me.
I've watched a bunch of his videos on Youtube. Guy needs to unlax a little. Weed would probably be just the thing.
The Amazing Atheist is kind of a character. In person, he's a lot more like he is on The Drunken Peasants. i.e.: much more relaxed. Although, when I met him the first thing he did was grab one of my boobs and announced to everyone that I "have man-titties." Last night was definitely interesting.
For the record, after I renovated the TARDIS with a 1963 paintjob, I got out the DSLR and did a proper shot:
I met someone! I think I'm going to be monogamous with this one. I don't know how my new girlfriend is going to take it, or how his wife and other girlfriends are going to react, but our love is strong and we don't want to share it with others. Anyway, that's my friend Peter and this was hilarious.
