Could we have the theme from Jaws playing in the background to set the mood for this Postscript please? ....
We finish feeding up.... I come up from the back and do the normal stuff, like take the washing off the line that has to go on the vanishing couch in the kitchen.... Iam reefing 12 pairs of socks off the line and notice Bessie Merle sniffing around the old dryer on the back verandah.... hmm. this is mighty suspect.
I drop the washing inside and go and take a look behind the old dryer curious as to what Bessie was sniffing and our luck is in, there is something coiled up behind it!
"Oh No...." (Actually not the same words used, but use your imagination!)
"Um, Evan, I think we have company on the back verandah!"
Evan by now is sitting at his computer watching the latest fluctuations on IAS.
His face drops onto the floor.
"Um, Evan, I think there is a black snake behind the old dryer - Bessie is sniffing around there and is mighty interested!"
Evan stops what he is doing and looks at me. He gets up and puts on his long pants and boots and picks up the wire and an old steel post that we have lying around for such an emergency. He sits down and sips quietly the rest of his beer.... sheer terror is going through his mind at this point of time - and rightly so I would think!
I decide that I need some "Dutch Courage" from some alcohol and pour myself a Cognac... and quite a large one. Iam not frightened.... Iam not frightened..... well, on paper Iam not!
Ok, armed with his implements and Matilda standing by, Evan moves the old dryer - nothing happens. I am guarding the door to make sure that nothing gets inside.... from the inside, lol.
Another quick jerk of the dryer and something moves and drops to the ground...
"Oh Shit!" I exclaim from the doorway. (See, Iam not frightened...)
Ok, one more move and the dryer moves completely away from the wall.... quickly it comes out from behind the dryer and bolts on 4 legs away.....
Ok, so it wasnt a snake but an extremely large lizard.... not some Gecko.... but an extremely scary, large scaly, slimy lizard.
Meanwhile, Madam Matilda catches the lizard - Bessie and Lance by her side and throws her head from side to side.... its nearly dead. Lancey picks it up and finishes it off.
Yes that's right, Lancey.
We both came inside afterwards, both shaking ... the dogs pleased with their days work and are now comatosed on the floor.
See, this is Country living at it's finest! Who would want to miss out on this adventure?
???
Helen.
We finish feeding up.... I come up from the back and do the normal stuff, like take the washing off the line that has to go on the vanishing couch in the kitchen.... Iam reefing 12 pairs of socks off the line and notice Bessie Merle sniffing around the old dryer on the back verandah.... hmm. this is mighty suspect.
I drop the washing inside and go and take a look behind the old dryer curious as to what Bessie was sniffing and our luck is in, there is something coiled up behind it!
"Oh No...." (Actually not the same words used, but use your imagination!)
"Um, Evan, I think we have company on the back verandah!"
Evan by now is sitting at his computer watching the latest fluctuations on IAS.
His face drops onto the floor.
"Um, Evan, I think there is a black snake behind the old dryer - Bessie is sniffing around there and is mighty interested!"
Evan stops what he is doing and looks at me. He gets up and puts on his long pants and boots and picks up the wire and an old steel post that we have lying around for such an emergency. He sits down and sips quietly the rest of his beer.... sheer terror is going through his mind at this point of time - and rightly so I would think!
I decide that I need some "Dutch Courage" from some alcohol and pour myself a Cognac... and quite a large one. Iam not frightened.... Iam not frightened..... well, on paper Iam not!
Ok, armed with his implements and Matilda standing by, Evan moves the old dryer - nothing happens. I am guarding the door to make sure that nothing gets inside.... from the inside, lol.
Another quick jerk of the dryer and something moves and drops to the ground...
"Oh Shit!" I exclaim from the doorway. (See, Iam not frightened...)
Ok, one more move and the dryer moves completely away from the wall.... quickly it comes out from behind the dryer and bolts on 4 legs away.....
Ok, so it wasnt a snake but an extremely large lizard.... not some Gecko.... but an extremely scary, large scaly, slimy lizard.
Meanwhile, Madam Matilda catches the lizard - Bessie and Lance by her side and throws her head from side to side.... its nearly dead. Lancey picks it up and finishes it off.
Yes that's right, Lancey.
We both came inside afterwards, both shaking ... the dogs pleased with their days work and are now comatosed on the floor.
See, this is Country living at it's finest! Who would want to miss out on this adventure?
???
Helen.
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