African Violets and Gesneriads: August Off Topic, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I've been back out in the yard this afternoon taking some bloom photo's. I'm being careful when I'm out there walking around, weeding etc. I sure don't want to step on a snake! Jim: I think that snake in my earlier photo is just a black snake but to me a snake is a snake is a snake! I am so afraid of them! My husband said he couldn't believe I even stayed out there to take a picture of one ... usually I run in the house when I spot any snake. There have been quite a few folks around central florida bitten by pygmy rattle snakes the past couple of months! Scary! One guy who was bitten a few months ago still has no feeling in his hand or arm. Believe me I am sooo careful when at any garden center nowadays too ... a few folks bitten by the pygmy rattlers at both Home Depot and Wal-Mart garden centers here too! I used to think nothing of reaching back into a group of plants to pick the best looking one! Not any more!

I got a shot of a Bee on a Salvia bloom ....