More April at the Ranch

 

More April at the Ranch

by admin on Apr.27, 2007, under Seasons

Big White Flowers
April, 2005.
These were all over, too…

 
White Flowers

CloseUp
April, 2005.
Here’s a closer view…

 
Closeup White Flowers

Small Succulent
April, 2005
Tara thought these were pretty.

 
Small Succulant

CloseUp
April, 2005.
This is a CloseUp of the Succulent

 
Succulant Closeup

Bug
April 28, 2007.
This is a bug that landed on my hat. I don’t know what it is, but it looks kind of like a small mantis…

 
Weird Bug

Rattlesnake
April 27, 2007.
I definitely know what kind of snake this is. He is about a 3-foot rattler.
He came by the little house site to protest all of the noise we were making.

 
Rattlesnake near the Littlehouse

Here is a video in MPG format.


It's hard to see the snake, but if you turn the sound up, you can clearly hear him. He is in the shady spot just to the right and down a little from the center of the picture.

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