Wednesday, February 23, 2011

NIGHTLIFE

The other week, Mike decided to head out at night, after the rains stopped and take some evening night sky photos from our yard.
He ventured over to one of our security lights to get a picture of the thousands of flying termites that swarm in the lights. At some point he looked down and noticed there were frogs eating the termites that had lost their wings and fallen to the ground. And where there are frogs.....there are snakes! Three to be exact, all right at his feet. Two quickly slithered away while one used the confusion to his advantage and nabbed a frog, right in front of Mike and his camera.

Look at the disgusting white ooooze spewing from the frog. Ask Margie to tell you about this. Early on, she made the mistake of grabbing a frog and spent the next hour or so foaming at the mouth in our family room! Note to self, don't go outside in the dark after the rains!! Yikes!

The remainder of the pix are just random shots from around our yard. Notice our discreet front gate and the razor wire that surrounds our house. It's not just us, everyone here lives behind walls like this!