A GARTER SNAKE AND WILD GRAPES

The welcome site of a garter snake. This one was just seen several days ago. It's probably the same one I saw eat a toad about a month ago. It was amazing to watch the toad get swallowed little by little, even though it was much bigger and wider than the mouth of the snake. When you see the snake in the following video, you will notice the bulge in it's body about six or so inches back from the head. That's the toad.

 CLICK HERE to watch the garter snake return to it's place of hiding.

It's quite a mouthful for a snake to eat a toad, but it CAN be done.

The last remnants of the toad are about to enter the snake's mouth. His body became noticeably thicker as the toad was forced through his body. I was amazed to see such a sight.

Fall is the time of harvest - of even those many things over which I have no control. These wild grapes were growing in the field at Andrew and Suzanne's cabin on Lake Jacqueline. They were welcoming someone to come and harvest them. So I did (at least some of them).

And the harvest was great because the grapes were abundant.

I ended up making two batches of wild grape jelly. There is enough juice left over so that Andrew can make a batch of juice with the help of his children.

Our root cellar is ready for winter, and READY FOR VISITORS TO COME AND ENJOY THE BLESSINGS. The many kinds of jam/jelly are in the center.

Come by, we'd love to share.

And Karol's dill pickles continue to be a prize-winning hit.

GOD IS MARVELOUSLY GOOD TO US!!

And we still have lots to share with our local food pantry, OPERATION BOOTSTRAP.