{"id":14149,"date":"2021-04-11T13:21:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T17:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=14149"},"modified":"2021-04-11T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T17:21:13","slug":"11apr2021-ocf-update-vultures-ringnecks-and-hellebores-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/11\/11apr2021-ocf-update-vultures-ringnecks-and-hellebores-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"11APR2021 \u2013 OCF Update \u2013 Vultures, Ringnecks and Hellebores (Redux)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent a little time today going over some recent photos.\u00a0 Nothing in the news has grabbed me lately as all that interesting so a little photography is fun for me as an alternative.<\/p>\n

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My snake tin (copper actually) flipped a ringneck last week.<\/p>\n

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They are interesting looking little buggers with their glossy scales and their eponymous color pattern.\u00a0 They eat earthworms I believe and there is a fellow who studies them and believes that the venom that they use to subdue worms would be a threat to humans if the snake was a hundred times bigger.\u00a0 In the American west they have ringnecks that are considerably larger but even these could barely get their fangs into your pinkie finger and even then you\u2019d have to help it get a purchase on you.\u00a0 But wildlife scientists are always trying to make some ridiculous point about \u201cdangerous snakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We had seven black vultures in a tree on the edge of the property last week.\u00a0 Unfortunately they were back lit by the setting sun so the photos stink but it was interesting to see them there.\u00a0 They\u2019re pretty ugly looking creatures but I guess they serve a useful purpose and I\u2019m sure God loves them anyway.<\/p>\n

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I have two or three kinds of hellebores in the gardens and they are an early flowering perennial.<\/p>\n

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The ancient Greeks and Romans thought hellebore was a medicine to cure the insane.\u00a0 It also is a poison I believe so maybe they thought death was a good treatment for crazy people.\u00a0 We may have to revisit that thought someday ourselves.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an oddball plant.<\/p>\n

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I discovered growing near the house that I transplanted a garden last year.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure what it is but I like it.\u00a0 It forms long thin stalks like vines.<\/p>\n

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And here are some yellow flowers because I like yellow.<\/p>\n

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A little photography to add some interest to my day.\u00a0 And now I return you to the apocalypse already in progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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