The Peace of the Wild Things
Connie Clark
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Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:31:34 -0700 (PDT)
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from the poem Carol sent:
"I go and lie down where the wood drake rest in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds."
Ah yes, think I'll drive down to the beach tonight and walk along the water barefoot in the sand. Woops, better watch out for glass and cans washed ashore from boats throwing their trash overboard. Or we can just park the car, roll down the windws and listen to the waves, love to do that at night. although I heard that there is a mass of seaweed on shore, which is good for holding back erosion, but makes a stinky beach.
Recent nature story (2nd hand) to share:
My sister and husband were at the family country place last Friday, sitting on the large deck with a tin roof, during a big thunderstorm. They marveled at the grandness of natural events like a storm, and the unique enjoyment being able to be out in it and not get wet. When it finally let up, Gary dashed out to the car, about 20' from the deck, to get something. On his way back he stepped on a stick he thought, until he saw the fang marks on the inside of his right ankle. Hit by the evil one, a water moccasin.
With no experience with snake bites out there, 10:30 at night, they were a little panicked. They took off for the emergency hospital in Gonzales about 20 minutes away. The emergency crews there are very experienced with snake bites, and did little except to calm them both and say that it is best to just wait these things out, in an emergency room of course. No sucking out the venom, no cutting. The doctor took a black felt marker and circled the wound, and watched the progress of the swelling. Gary by then was in extreme pain. Demoral was not sufficient, so they switched him to morphine (synthetic) and kept him under observation over night. No complications. The in-city follow-up doctors confirmed this week that there was no danger to his health and reiterated the wait it out bit. Now a week later, his leg is swollen all the way up to his hip, black and blue and yellow, the wound itself almost inconspicuous. As long as he keeps the leg elevated, there is no pain, but it hurts
like hell when he gets up to say, pee.
Meanwhile, Kenneth, out at the farm has sworn to find the snake, capture it and give Gary a chance to get his revenge on the evil one.
Moral for us nature lovers. After a storm, don't go running around the countryside barefoot, and I wouldn't lie down around where the heron feeds either.
Peace
Connie
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<DIV>from the poem Carol sent:</DIV>
<DIV>"I go and lie down where the wood drake rest in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ah yes, think I'll drive down to the beach tonight and walk along the water barefoot in the sand. Woops, better watch out for glass and cans washed ashore from boats throwing their trash overboard. Or we can just park the car, roll down the windws and listen to the waves, love to do that at night. although I heard that there is a mass of seaweed on shore, which is good for holding back erosion, but makes a stinky beach.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Recent nature story (2nd hand) to share:</DIV>
<DIV>My sister and husband were at the family country place last Friday, sitting on the large deck with a tin roof, during a big thunderstorm. They marveled at the grandness of natural events like a storm, and the unique enjoyment being able to be out in it and not get wet. When it finally let up, Gary dashed out to the car, about 20' from the deck, to get something. On his way back he stepped on a stick he thought, until he saw the fang marks on the inside of his right ankle. Hit by the evil one, a water moccasin. </DIV>
<DIV>With no experience with snake bites out there, 10:30 at night, they were a little panicked. They took off for the emergency hospital in Gonzales about 20 minutes away. The emergency crews there are very experienced with snake bites, and did little except to calm them both and say that it is best to just wait these things out, in an emergency room of course. No sucking out the venom, no cutting. The doctor took a black felt marker and circled the wound, and watched the progress of the swelling. Gary by then was in extreme pain. Demoral was not sufficient, so they switched him to morphine (synthetic) and kept him under observation over night. No complications. The in-city follow-up doctors confirmed this week that there was no danger to his health and reiterated the wait it out bit. Now a week later, his leg is swollen all the way up to his hip, black and blue and yellow, the wound itself almost
inconspicuous. As long as he keeps the leg elevated, there is no pain, but it hurts like hell when he gets up to say, pee.</DIV>
<DIV>Meanwhile, Kenneth, out at the farm has sworn to find the snake, capture it and give Gary a chance to get his revenge on the evil one.</DIV>
<DIV>Moral for us nature lovers. After a storm, don't go running around the countryside barefoot, and I wouldn't lie down around where the heron feeds either.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Peace</DIV>
<DIV>Connie</DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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